Everybody knows what Julian Assange looks like :)

[Becker]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/15/article-2049486-0E6224AB00000578-400_634x423.jpg

He thinks he can hide behind that mask? (anybody surprised he's still a free man?)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049486/Global-protests-Occupy-London-Stock-Exchange-takes-City.html

[HOLLYWOOD]

Nothing New... everyone should be posting on why he is being held in London for over 300 days without being charged for any crime in England. Shows you the so-called "FREE WORLD" countries are every bit as abusive as any tyrant or oppressive country's regimes.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/julian-assange-rallies-crowd-at-occupy-london-is-quickly-sheparded-away-by-police/

Julian Assange Rallies Crowd At Occupy London, Is Quickly Shepherded Away By Police

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by Frances Martel (http://www.mediaite.com/author/frances-martel/) | 12:23 pm, October 15th, 2011
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Today is a landmark day in the Occupy Wall Street movement– organizers have called for similar rallies across the world in solidarity with their cause, and images from Rome to Vienna to, yes, back to Wall Street are hitting the web in real time (http://live.reuters.com/Event/Occupy_Wall_Street2). But it was in London where the crowds received a special celebrity greeting– from Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (http://www.mediaite.com/power-grid/person/?q=Julian+Assange), who took a respite (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15322134) from his house arrest to express solidarity with the movement.
Judging from reports on the ground, Assange was greeted by the crowd warmly– perhaps a bit too much so (http://twitter.com/#!/littlemisswilde/status/125203150423588865)– and his words were taken so seriously as to be repeated verbatim by the crowd. Reminding them how long he had been under house arrest, Assange delivered an impromptu rabble-rousing speech before the chanting crowd, instructing the crowd, “I ask that all of you demand that foreign bank accounts be opened up and made transparent, the same way that I today have been forced to be made transparent.” He was later escorted by police to a separate corner of the protests further away from the crowd.

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While being the most prominent appearance by Assange in some time, it is not the first in a long time. While the Wikileaks cables released in September were largely ignored (http://www.mediaite.com/online/wikileaks-releases-largest-document-dump-in-history-and-no-one-in-america-cares/), Assange has appeared at protests in London in the past month, and this appearance coincides with a blistering Saturday morning column (http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/who-wouldnt-shout-with-the-stakes-so-high-20111014-1lp02.html) in the Sydney Morning Herald– cheekily titled “I May be a Chauvinist Pig, But I’m No Rapist”– in which he explains why he initially worked with The Guardian to release his leaked files and how the relationship fell apart. This comes months after a controversy in which an unauthorized autobiography of the Wikileaks founder was set to hit shelves. As he reminded the crowd, Assange has been under house arrest upwards of 300 days with no trial in sight.

RELATED: The Julian Assange Vanity Project: Wikileaks Auctions Lunch With Imprisoned Leader (http://www.mediaite.com/online/the-julian-assange-vanity-project-wikileaks-auctions-lunch-with-imprisoned-leader/)
It is to be noted that the media seemed to take to his appearance with a mild curiosity, images and video of him being disseminated rapidly through Twitter and making the rounds in news. There seems to be little speculation as to why or how Assange escaped house arrest enough to be there– though it appears to be perfectly legal– which is particularly notable given how quickly (http://gawker.com/5848412/is-james-okeefe-a-fugitive) similarly dubious speculation arose in New York with the appearance (http://www.mediaite.com/tv/undercover-james-okeefe-receives-surprisingly-warm-reception-at-occupy-wall-street/) of the not-under-house-arrest activist James O’Keefe, whose spokesperson clarified (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/james_okeefe_spokesman_says_probation_officer_appr oved_his_occupy_wall_street_visit.php) was legally allowed to cross the Hudson River into Manhattan for his latest undercover report. That said, as noted before, this was not the first (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/08/assange-socialite-lead-afghanistan-protest-in-london/) London protest Assange attended even this month, and he has stated that as long as he returns to his home before curfew he is legally entitled to his presence there.

Watch video of Assange walking around and speaking to the Occupy London protesters both via Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/user/wwwdotlucypeeldotcom) below:

[pcosmar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICi2kYkJsRA

[Becker]

Nothing New... everyone should be posting on why he is being held in London for over 300 days without being charged for any crime in England. Shows you the so-called "FREE WORLD" countries are every bit as abusive as any tyrant or oppressive country's regimes.


either we live in a free world or the government is too powerful, can't be both.

[silverhandorder]

either we live in a free world or the government is too powerful, can't be both.

Hence why the quotation marks.

[Becker]

Hence why the quotation marks.

ok, so if we live in an unfree world, the big bad wolf is pretty powerless and nice to let Mr Assange roam free and shout at an angry mob. If you call that unfree, I wonder what is free.

[silverhandorder]

ok, so if we live in an unfree world, the big bad wolf is pretty powerless and nice to let Mr Assange roam free and shout at an angry mob. If you call that unfree, I wonder what is free.

I remember reading in the article that cops escorted him away...

[PaulConventionWV]

ok, so if we live in an unfree world, the big bad wolf is pretty powerless and nice to let Mr Assange roam free and shout at an angry mob. If you call that unfree, I wonder what is free.

Oh, right. As long as the government isn't stashing you in some rat-infested dungeon deep underground, you're as free as a bird. He was under freaking house arrest and doesn't even get a trial. Do you call THAT free? If you do, I wonder what isn't free. The big bad wolf will let you roam free as long as they don't think you can hurt them. Ron Paul can roam around and speak to people about free markets and even run for president, and yet would you call America a free nation? I sure hope not because you haven't seen anything yet.

[noneedtoaggress]

ok, so if we live in an unfree world, the big bad wolf is pretty powerless and nice to let Mr Assange roam free and shout at an angry mob. If you call that unfree, I wonder what is free.

"I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed 1000 more if only they knew they were slaves." ~Harriet Tubman



Just something to think about. ;)