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Originally Posted by Catfish
What i mean is that you seem to like to kill the messenger rather than the people who obviously did commit crimes.
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When the messenger breaks laws in delivering his message, then yes, I believe he needs to be punished. I assume the phrase "killing the messenger" is only a cliche. I don't feel that any crimes Assange may have committed warrant the death penalty.
The crimes committed by all parties are totally separate from each other. It may be true that crimes were committed by the government officials. If so, then they should be brought to trial and evidence presented and evaluated.
However, any crimes that the government officials may or may not have committed are totally independent of the crimes Assange may or may not have committed.
A consequentialist viewpoint in this context is not appropriate in my opinion.