Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/05/30/assange-too-ill-for-court.html
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Hey, now he has something in common with george pell.
How fortuitous that he’s suddenly too ill to be in court.
Where’s my tiny violin when I need it?
I hope he gets well soon. Being sick is the pits.
(Being sexual assaulted is worse, of course.)
Manafort was also quite ill. He managed.
It seems there’s some healthy scepticism. If Assange can’t ‘attend’ a hearing by video link, the hearing can go to him.
BBC:
On Thursday, chief magistrate Emma Arbuthnot set the next hearing for 12 June and suggested the hearing could take place in Belmarsh, adding: “It may be more convenient for everyone if it’s there.”
How kind.
“too ill” for court hearing
Is that anything like being “too legit” to quit?
Do you hear it, Julian? That’s the sound of inevitability. Best just to rip that band-aid off quickly, no?
Don’t forget, Assange’s goal here isn’t to stay out of jail. It’s to get you paying attention to Julian Assange.
Good job, Jules. Got us again.
Has anyone ever conducted a normal conversation with him?
Being an asshole is not an illness.
The CIA is poisoning him!
(Or else he can’t stomach prison food.)
I once saw him walking down the street wearing a baseball cap backwards, I was like “Damn, that’s the most ill white man I ever saw!”
Thoughts and prayers, asshole.
I think Assange must have caught the same sudden illness that Paul Manafort caught.
I gotta say, though, I’ve got really mixed feelings about Assange. Well, no, actually, I’m pretty solidly sold on the idea he’s a complete douche, but the idea that WikiLeaks has gone from what seemed like a freedom of information hero to blatant Russian tool is pretty annoying :-/