Published: 23 Mar 12 09:55 CET | Print version
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A 27-year-old man from northern Sweden charged with raping a sleeping woman has defended himself by claiming he too was asleep at the time.
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"Two young men who bared and took pictures of the breasts of a passed-out 18-year-old woman are not guilty of sexual molestation because the girl wasn't aware that she was being molested at the time, a Swedish court has ruled."
The woman here wasn't aware she was having sex so surely the same court should acquit this man as there was no way for her to say "no". Either that or Swedish law needs to be revised so one or the other of these situations becomes a crime.
Not much reason or realism from you there. Assange is *not* involved with Wikipedia; nor does WikiLeaks provide an online encyclopedia. Assange and Wales are very clear that the only connection between the two organisations is the first four letters of the name.
You are absolutely correct that Assange is not related to Wikipedia in any way. The problem is that if you write an email with the word WikiL--ks in it, you are instantly targetted for a US drone strike. Good luck.
oh god, the type of news we get in sweden :)
He actively wore a velcro band around 1 foot and arm hooked to the bed that would keep him from moving, and woke him just enough to stop. He said it wasn't a perfect solution but it helped.
I'm the same, I would never call it a problem though! Never raped anyone, usually there is a good reason a woman is sleeping next to me in the first place! I suppose if I attacked an innocent pillow or stuffed animal treatment would be in order....
Just shows how good those US drones are then because I've written many (possibly 100s) emails with WikiLeaks in the content and in the title and so far no strikes on my home or person.
As to the defence of Assange having sex in his sleep maybe; though from what (little of) the comments he has made I think he does not deny that unprotected sex occured. What he contests is that is was unconsensual as the prosecutors are claiming. That would be different to the case here and indeed the one I cited earlier of the two boys who didn't molest a girl because she was sleeping when they undressed her. These cases involved people who were unable to consent.