Monday, April 11, 2011

Julian Assange: I pitch, I don't catch

By Mona Goldwater, European Affairs Editor



In his first formal public appearance since being arrested on rape charges, Julian Assange told reporters that he planned to sue the Guardian--for libel!--over a book two of their writers published. The book quoted Assange as saying that if informers were killed due to his WikiLeaks disclosures, well, then, "they had it coming to them."

It's fascinating to see this champion of open-ness in government and the press now resorting to using the libel laws to go after his detractors.  There are a lot of things you can say about this, like "If you can't take the heat..." or "Beware when you spit in the wind, because the wind blows it back," or probably most accurately, borrowing a phrase from Tennessee Williams, "I pitch, I don't catch."
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4 comments:

Shane said...

Yes but Assange is an ordinary citizen, not a government entity that is feeding constant lies to the very people that voted them in. Assange has a right to set the record straight if people are making stuff up about him, just like any regular person should. Go fuck yourself you republican scumbag.

Shame on Shane said...

Hey Shane -- I don't think she was saying anything partisan here. Just that Assange is an asshole.

That's something I think you could probably understand, since you too are also one.

Keekee Brummet said...

"Shane," I guess you're a democrat, but you talk like a republican. I'm a Dem too, but if i was in the big seat, I'd have Assange hung. But a

That is beside the point-- my point was he can hurl it, but can't take it. I suspect neither can you...

Mona Goldwater said...

Shane - you gutless lurker. This is the reason so many sites restrict comments--for people like you, who fling their ca-ca and then slip out anonymously. Did you accidentally come here looking for porn? /Mona