Ecuador says WikiLeaks founder Assange is seeking asylum

[Maximus]

Didn't the Colombian government discover documents that indicated Ecuador had been supplying the FARC?

*quick google*



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13436104

Hell I could have told them that

[Neil]

The problem is that once it's been done at all, evil races like the Russians and the Chinese will go at it willy-nilly, and there won't be any judicial proceedings.  Even if the Government has the legal right to do so, they should restrain themselves and just blast the building with AC/DC.

[grumbler]

It would be a horrific precedent. What would stop China or any other dictatorship from doing that to get a dissident that sought shelter in an American or European embassy?

  The same thing that stops them now:  the fact that it would cost them diplomatic relations with the nation whose embassy was invaded, plus any other countries that would decide to sever diplomatic relations in protest.  It isn't like the Chinese or other dictatorships are deterred right now by a fear of getting arrested if they invade embassies.

[grumbler]

The problem is that once it's been done at all, evil races like the Russians and the Chinese will go at it willy-nilly, and there won't be any judicial proceedings.  Even if the Government has the legal right to do so, they should restrain themselves and just blast the building with AC/DC.

Embassies have been invaded in the past, so its already been done.  Again, the thug states aren't stopped by a lack of precedent, but rather by fear of the consequences of their actions.  What Britain does has no bearing on that.

[Viking]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/17/julian_assange_asylum_offer_by_ecuador_president_correa_criticized_by_international_community_on_freedom_of_the_press_.html

slate argues that assange got asylum in ecuador because the UK, US and Reporters without borders have been busy criticizing him for restricting the freedom of the press. The best way to avoid looking dirty is to sling so much muck that everybody is covered in it. That and Ecuador is quickly becoming a Chinese colony.

[DGuller]

All those stories of Assange getting pizza deliveries made me think  Would it violate any international law to slip in a little poison in one of those pizzas?     Not enough to kill him, but just enough to necessitate a visit to the hospital, and from there to the American death row? 

[Razgovory]

It's much better for him to be a fugitive from justice.  His credibility is shot.

[garbon]

The problem is that once it's been done at all, evil races like the Russians and the Chinese will go at it willy-nilly, and there won't be any judicial proceedings.  Even if the Government has the legal right to do so, they should restrain themselves and just blast the building with AC/DC.

Embassies have been invaded in the past, so its already been done.  Again, the thug states aren't stopped by a lack of precedent, but rather by fear of the consequences of their actions.  What Britain does has no bearing on that.

Yeah it seemed like people were conveniently forgetting what has already happened in the past.

[Eddie Teach]

All those stories of Assange getting pizza deliveries made me think  Would it violate any international law to slip in a little poison in one of those pizzas?     Not enough to kill him, but just enough to necessitate a visit to the hospital, and from there to the American death row? 

I'm sure they can find a doctor who does house calls.