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0 pointsh_anna_h5y ago0 comments

Sure but I don't know how this is relevant to what I said.

> Having said that: yes, if you are the driver in a Bank robbery, you can get arrested for "basically driving a car"

Driving in a bank robbery is different to basically just doing some calculations. It might be a crime but it should not be one. Regardless though I would claim that even if he tried to physically get into buildings and steal documents in order to expose warcrimes I would say that they should let him free.

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africanboy5y ago

Driving is driving

Doing some calculations is doing some calculations

Driving for bank robbers or doing some calculations for the mob can be a crime, if driving or doing calculations was helping them to commit a crime and you knew it.

> even if he tried to physically get into buildings and steal documents in order to expose warcrimes I would say that they should let him free.

That's your opinion.

I'm not saying you are wrong in principle, but that's not how law works.

h_anna_hOP5y ago

Sure, and it is your opinion that assange should have refused to help manning.

africanboy5y ago

I think there's a (big) misunderstanding here.

My opinion __is not__ that Assange should have refused to help Mannings, Assange is an adult, he can chose to do whatever he wants.

What I'm saying is that Assange should have refused to be accessory to a crime.

Journalists are protected when they receive classified informations, even if obtained illegaly, as long as the journalist didn’t do anything illegal

He knew he was helping with something illegal (at least he should have known) and that by doing it he would lose the kind of protections guaranteed to the press.

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0 pointsh_anna_h5y ago0 comments

Sure but I don't know how this is relevant to what I said.

> Having said that: yes, if you are the driver in a Bank robbery, you can get arrested for "basically driving a car"

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africanboy5y ago

Driving is driving

Doing some calculations is doing some calculations

Driving for bank robbers or doing some calculations for the mob can be a crime, if driving or doing calculations was helping them to commit a crime and you knew it.

> even if he tried to physically get into buildings and steal documents in order to expose warcrimes I would say that they should let him free.

That's your opinion.

I'm not saying you are wrong in principle, but that's not how law works.

h_anna_hOP5y ago

Sure, and it is your opinion that assange should have refused to help manning.

africanboy5y ago

I think there's a (big) misunderstanding here.

My opinion __is not__ that Assange should have refused to help Mannings, Assange is an adult, he can chose to do whatever he wants.

What I'm saying is that Assange should have refused to be accessory to a crime.

Journalists are protected when they receive classified informations, even if obtained illegaly, as long as the journalist didn’t do anything illegal

He knew he was helping with something illegal (at least he should have known) and that by doing it he would lose the kind of protections guaranteed to the press.

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