{"id":45414,"date":"2019-04-16T06:41:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T11:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=45414"},"modified":"2019-04-16T06:41:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T11:41:41","slug":"arrest-of-julian-assange-is-an-attack-on-journalism-liberty-self-government-and-civilization-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=45414","title":{"rendered":"Arrest of Julian Assange is an Attack on Journalism, Liberty, Self-Government and Civilization Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2019\/04\/15\/arrest-of-julian-assange-is-an-attack-on-journalism-liberty-self-government-and-civilization-itself\/\">Arrest of Julian Assange is an Attack on Journalism, Liberty, Self-Government and Civilization Itself<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-15-at-11.02.17-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57140\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense \u2013 the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not a citizen.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 William Edgar Borah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent amongst them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary. Without them, in our incomplete state, there would be no advance towards civilization. &nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle against the law. Indecency against courage. Six policemen manhandled a sick journalist.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 John Pilger:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2019\/04\/12\/assange-arrest-a-warning-from-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assange Arrest a Warning from History<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I was born&nbsp;80&nbsp;years&nbsp;ago&nbsp;in a country called the United States of America, and now I live in a Homeland \u2014 an expression we haven\u2019t heard since Hitler.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Gore Vidal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only thing I\u2019ve been able to think about for the last few days is the mugging of Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. This post could go in many different directions, but given all the excellent articles already written on the topic, what seems most necessary is an explanation of what this means in the big picture of freedom in the Western world and civilization in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrest of Julian Assange is an Attack on Journalism, Liberty, Self-Government and Civilization Itself Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense \u2013 the sheerest mockery. 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