05-02-2016, 09:55 AM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:Sweden and the UK are bound by this decision according to International Law, but are NOT bound by it according to their own domestic laws....so, this will be a real mess legally, but I sense the UK, being a prime law-breaking nation especially when it comes to International Law will arrest Assange if he leaves even if the UN panel's decision is in his favor......but who knows. I think the BBC is 'floating' the fact that the Panel has decided in Assange's favor to test the waters of public opinion and perhaps those of the ruling elites and Parliament.
Stay tuned, any way, Friday will be a very important day for Assange, Free Speech, the rule of Law, International Law and many other Freedoms.
What I think it comes down to for the US and Sweden is whether they'll be willing to face withering international criticism in order to serve the demands of the US - because let's face it both Sweden and the UK are American pawns in this game - and my guess (not my hope) is that they are. Blighty will I think, but perhaps Sweden won't?
It will certainly be worth diarising 12 noon today London time to see what Assange decided.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14