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How can Sweden fairly prosecute Assange when they don't prosecute GW Bush?

The Don said:
How about operating in a society where:

  • The Judiciary is politically independent
  • The Judiciary is demonstrably independent of political influence through past performance
  • Where there is a presumption of innocence in the Judicial System
  • Where freedom of information is enshired in legislation and demonstrated in deeds
  • Where the Judiciary adheres to international standards and treaties

Which rather nicely describes the situation in Sweden.
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I believe there has been no country in history where the judiciary has been totally independent from political pressure and probably there will never be.
 
Watanabe said:
How can the US keep people in Guantanamo without a trial
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Another false dichotomy.

The prisoners at Guantanamo, which i object to highly and have protested against, are held under an extension of military judicial systems. Which I personally believe to be unconstitutional.

Now for Sweden to extradite Assange is a different matter of legality, which is where you make a false dichotomy, for Sweden to extradite Assange he has to be charged with a crime in the US courts and then the papers filed to Sweden for extradition.

So people ceased on a 'battlefield' and shipped to Guantanamo is different then the legal proceeding of the US asking Sweden to extradite Assange.

I am fairly certain you don't know what extradition is.
 
Watanabe said:
Still they find time to watch stupid shows on TV



Which is exactly what you are saying.
Invading Iraq was a crime (i.e. illegal under the UN law as you need to pass thoguth the UNSC to enforce sanctions) but you say it wasnt.
Therefore, whitewashing.
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No Assange is alleged to have committed a sexual assault in Sweden, no citizen has charged GWB in Sweden with a war crime.
 
Watanabe said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

may be and probably is
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Do you have any evidence that it is politically motivated?

NB: your evidence that it is politically motivated will need to include a way of telling whether it is politically motivated. If, as you claimed earlier, "you can not tell" whether it is a fair prosecution or politically motivated, then your claim that it "may be and probably is" politically motivated is groundless.
 
uke2se said:
Watanabe said:
I believe there has been no country in history where the judiciary has been totally independent from political pressure and probably there will never be.
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Evidence?
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We don't need evidence for that. On the other hand, because it is nothing more than an assertion of belief without any reason for it, it has no evidential weight and can be safely ignored. I'm sure that, with a bit of practice, Watanabe would be able to believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
 
Mojo said:
No, I don't, because it is just an assertion that you believe something. It doesn't matter.
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I believe that I should be think critically and use my own head instead of believing all the lies that my government tells me..

You believe what you like
 
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