WikiLeaks says its founder, Julian Assange, has been released from prison and has left the United Kingdom, shortly after court documents revealed a plea deal that would allow him to return to Australia.
  • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
    52·
    6 months ago

    “If I was him, I’d keep my head down and try to get to know my kids.”

    Wouldn’t that just mean that the threats worked? The corrupt won?

    I mean, the point of whistleblowing is to do so in spite of the threat of punishment, right?

    • MountaineerOPEnglish
      51·
      6 months ago

      Yes, the threats worked and the corrupt won.

      Now he gets to see his kids.
      I’d choose that too.
      You can call it cowardice, I’d call it pragmatism.