St Julian of Assange has said that he didn’t know that he might be refused bail and have to go to prison. I am reminded of the old Scottish joke:
In the old days ministers did not mince matters. One in the course of a sermon said, “A’ve kent o’ better folk than you, efter they were deed, in the place where the wurm dieth not and the fire is not quenched, callin’ out tae the Lord in their agony, ‘O Lord, A niver kent it wud be as bad as this.’ And the Lord, out of His love and tender mercy vouchsafed the answer, ‘Weel, ye ken noo.’
It is also worth remembering that his supporters in the Anonymous group of hackers (a name that says all you need to know about them) are the same people who recently organised a DDOS (denial of service) attack on the websites of the Spanish Society of Authors (SGAE) and Ministry of Culture for having the temerity to want to collect authors’ royalties.
Personally I have no sympathy with people who think they can take other people’s property whenever they want and make whatever use they want of it.
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