printSwedish women are more knavish than their American sisters. And Swedish sexual harassment law is more diabolical than anything American feminist jurist Catharine Mackinnon could dream up in her sweetest dreams—Mackinnon’s baleful influence on American and Canadian jurisprudence cannot be underestimated.
Apparently having consensual sex in Sweden without a condom is punishable by a term of imprisonment of a minimum of two years for rape. That is the basis for a reinstitution of rape charges against WikiLeaks figurehead Julian Assange that is destined to make Sweden and its justice system the laughing stock of the world and dramatically damage its reputation as a model of modernity….
The women here are near to and over 30 and have international experience, some of it working in Swedish government embassies. There is no suggestion of drugs nor identity concealment. Far from it. Both women boasted of their celebrity connection to Assange after the events that they would now see him destroyed for….
The phenomena of social networking through the internet and mobile phones constrains Swedish authorities from augmenting the evidence against Assange because it would look even less credible in the face of tweets by Anna Ardin and SMS texts by Sofia Wilen boasting of their respective conquests after the crimes.In the case of Ardin it is clear that she has thrown a party in Assange’s honour at her flat after the “crime” and tweeted to her followers that she is with the the world’s coolest smartest people, it’s amazing!”. Go on the internet and see for yourself. That Ardin has sought unsuccessfully to delete these exculpatory tweets from the public record should be a matter of grave concern. That she has published on the internet a guide on how to get revenge on cheating boyfriends ever graver. The exact content of WilĂ’s mobile phone texts is not yet known but their bragging and exculpatory character has been confirmed by Swedish prosecutors. Neither Wilen’s nor Ardin’s texts complain of rape.
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The charges have an odor about them. It seems that people on both sides are content to elevate Assange into martyr status.
Not being an expert on Swedish law, I’m wondering why only Assange is in jail for this “crime.” It takes two to tango. Why aren’t these women in the slammer too?
Evidently Swedish law is much like American law, where adult females are treated like helpless children and every male is a potential rapist.
The sex is legal but the condom (broken) is illegal! So how the heck can someone prove when the condom (is that People’s Exhibit One??) broke? Beyond a reasonable doubt? Did both parties have to know that the condom was broken?
Has ANYONE ever been convicted under this statue for that sort of allegation?
Of course, the media arm of the State continues to go to great lengths to not mention the specifics of the charges, instead relying on the vague “sexual assault” title. Another humorous note I saw this morning, Sarah Palin is whining about the hacker attacks on her website as “these people” not respecting the first amendment. Now if that’s not hypocritical I don’t know what is.
Dan