Tangential perhaps to Internet governance but relevant to the current thread, this article <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(80,80,80);letter-spacing:-1px;line-height:34px">Assange case: How is rape defined?</span><br>

 <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19333439">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19333439</a> just appeared on the BBC site.<div>Deirdre<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 August 2012 08:56, Dominique Lacroix <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dl@panamo.eu" target="_blank">dl@panamo.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br>

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    <div>Distressing show of <i>The Society of
        the spectacle! </i>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle</a>)<br>
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      @+, Dominique<br>
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      Le 22/08/12 13:03, Chaitanya Dhareshwar a écrit :<br>
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      <div>Yep, he's screwed. <a href="http://jackofkent.com/2012/06/assange-would-the-rape-allegation-also-be-rape-under-english-law/" target="_blank">http://jackofkent.com/2012/06/assange-would-the-rape-allegation-also-be-rape-under-english-law/</a> </div>


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      <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Roland
        Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>></span>
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          at 17:06:27 on<br>
          Tue, 21 Aug 2012, Roland Perry <<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>>
          writes<br>
          <div>>>And how do you read the former
            Stockholm Chief District prosecutor<br>
            >>Sven-Erik Alhem views,  who testified that the
            decision to extradite<br>
            >>Assange is ?unreasonable and unprofessional, as well
            as unfair and<br>
            >>disproportionate.?? As he could be questioned in the
            UK<br>
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            >A different view from a different lawyer.<br>
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          A good article here, which explains the "where he can be
          interviewed"<br>
          thing, plus the ongoing "zombie facts" issue which afflicts
          this case:<br>
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          <<a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2012/08/legal-myths-about-assange-extradition" target="_blank">http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2012/08/legal-<br>
            myths-about-assange-extradition</a>><br>
          <span><font color="#888888">--<br>
              Roland Perry</font></span><br>
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