# Assange cut off **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 28, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371 "2018-03-28T19:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/1 "2018-03-28T19:05:03Z")
I could pit both Assange/WikiLeaks and Ecuador here, but I think I’ll go with Ecuador. It seems that it was perfectly fine with Ecuador when Julian Assange was interfering with the United States, but now he’s interfering with Spain, and Ecuador can’t have that, so they’ve cut off his internet access at their London Embassy. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/ecuador-cutting-off-wikileaks-founders-communications-165318948.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews](https://www.yahoo.com/news/ecuador-cutting-off-wikileaks-founders-communications-165318948.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/2 "2018-03-28T19:08:05Z")
Placing all bets on him to end his self-imprisonment within a week. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/3 "2018-03-28T19:17:30Z")
Yeah, you can only play Minesweeper for so long. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/4 "2018-03-28T19:37:00Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Yeah, you can only play Minesweeper for so long. Ah, but Hearts… that’s a whole nother thing! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/5 "2018-03-28T20:26:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It seems that it was perfectly fine with Ecuador when Julian Assange was interfering with the United States, but now he’s interfering with Spain, and Ecuador can’t have that, so they’ve cut off his internet access at their London Embassy. You can pit whoever you like, but keep your facts straight. This is from October, 2016: The government of Ecuador has directed its embassy in London to cut off the Internet access of long-term guest Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, saying the organization’s recent document releases have had a “major impact” on the U.S. presidential election. > **[Ecuador cuts off Internet access for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ecuador-cuts-off-internet-access-for-wikileaks-founder-assange/2016/10/18/277281f6-95ac-11e6-9b7c-57290af48a49_story.html?utm_term=.d65792dd0090)** > > Officials said the organization’s recent document releases have had a “major impact” on the U.S. presidential election. The conditions of Assange’s asylum forbid him from doing anything that would undermine Ecuador’s diplomatic relations, and he’s been repeatedly warned not to meddle in politics. It seems they’ve been more than patient with him. Maybe this time his Internet access will be withdrawn permanently. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/6 "2018-03-28T20:28:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I could pit both Assange/WikiLeaks and Ecuador here, but I think I’ll go with Ecuador. Sure, pit the country that took this knucklehead in and protected him from sexual assault charges. He’s like the tech version of Harvey Weinstein, and you are more unhappy that Ecuador isn’t doing MORE to protect him? Ha. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/7 "2018-03-28T21:05:40Z")
In one of his last tweets before being cutoff, he referred to himself as “a political prisoner detained without charge for 8 years” when a British politician suggested he hand himself over. Yep, dude is delusional. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/8 "2018-03-28T21:28:06Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Sure, pit the country that took this knucklehead in and protected him from sexual assault charges. He’s like the tech version of Harvey Weinstein, and you are more unhappy that Ecuador isn’t doing MORE to protect him? Ha. Uh, no, I’m pitting them for not doing this before. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/9 "2018-03-28T21:48:17Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > You can pit whoever you like, but keep your facts straight. This is from October, 2016: > The government of Ecuador has directed its embassy in London to cut off the Internet access of long-term guest Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, saying the organization’s recent document releases have had a “major impact” on the U.S. presidential election. > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ecuador-cuts-off-internet-access-for-wikileaks-founder-assange/2016/10/18/277281f6-95ac-11e6-9b7c-57290af48a49\_story.html?utm\_term=.d65792dd0090](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ecuador-cuts-off-internet-access-for-wikileaks-founder-assange/2016/10/18/277281f6-95ac-11e6-9b7c-57290af48a49_story.html?utm_term=.d65792dd0090) > > The conditions of Assange’s asylum forbid him from doing anything that would undermine Ecuador’s diplomatic relations, and he’s been repeatedly warned not to meddle in politics. It seems they’ve been more than patient with him. Maybe this time his Internet access will be withdrawn permanently. Since the election was in November of 2016 and almost everyone thought Hillary would win, I’m calling bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/10 "2018-03-28T22:27:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Uh, no, I’m pitting them for not doing this before. Ah. Try writing better then. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/11 "2018-03-28T22:44:29Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Sure, pit the country that took this knucklehead in and protected him from sexual assault charges. He’s like the tech version of Harvey Weinstein, and you are more unhappy that Ecuador isn’t doing MORE to protect him? Ha. I’m not sure if you are exaggerating Assange’s behaviour or downplaying Weinstein’s but either way, you’re an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/12 "2018-03-28T22:54:24Z")
Ooh, the Wikileaks Devotion Brigade has arrived, and as expected, they’ve brought enough indignancy for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/13 "2018-03-28T23:35:24Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Ooh, the Wikileaks Devotion Brigade has arrived, and as expected, they’ve brought enough indignancy for everyone. No, you’re just an idiot. I am not remotely a devotee of Assange, I’m just not as ridiculously angry about him like yourself. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/14 "2018-03-29T00:00:27Z")
Ans if you’ve ever had your Assange cut off, you know how painful that can be. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/15 "2018-03-29T00:40:56Z")
I’m just ::crossing fingers:: Pam can still be around to commiserate. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/16 "2018-03-29T02:51:06Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Ah. Try writing better then. Or try putting on your reading glasses. The very first sentence makes it perfectly clear what I was trying to say. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/17 "2018-03-29T04:24:16Z")
What do you think it will take to get him out of the Embassy? No Internet has been done. No electronics of any kind? It’s like grounding a teenager. No video games for a week mister! Just look what happened in Catalonia! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/18 "2018-03-29T04:51:22Z")
Parental control software so that he is limited to 7pm-9pm weeknights. Porn, facebook and games only. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/19 "2018-03-29T05:02:34Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I’m not sure if you are exaggerating Assange’s behaviour or downplaying Weinstein’s but either way, you’re an idiot. > [@CarnalK](#): > > No, you’re just an idiot. I am not remotely a devotee of Assange, I’m just not as ridiculously angry about him like yourself. Fuck! I knew the whole _“Michael Jackson is Dead”_ thing was a hoax! He just got a thesaurus. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371/20 "2018-03-29T14:57:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Or try putting on your reading glasses. The very first sentence makes it perfectly clear what I was trying to say. It does not. You just said you could Pit either; not for which purpose. That’s why I suggested you write more clearly. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371.md?page=2)