# Roger Waters-Julian Assange Arrest Proves UK is a SATELLITE STATE OF US EMPIRE! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 18, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717 "2019-04-18T12:43:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/1 "2019-04-18T12:43:21Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6smG6po8YVw/maxresdefault.jpg " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6smG6po8YVw) ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/2 "2019-04-18T12:58:06Z")
Well, heck. I thought everyone knew _that_. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/3 "2019-04-18T13:03:40Z")
What’s Pink Floyd got to do with any of this? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/4 "2019-04-18T13:24:49Z")
I hear they don’t like walls. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/5 "2019-04-18T13:25:22Z")
Assange is heading for the dark side of Guantanamo. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/6 "2019-04-18T13:27:10Z")
Git-mo gets-him. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/7 "2019-04-18T13:49:14Z")
I think “Pigs( three different ones)” was about as political as Pink Floyd ever got. But the last handful or so years Roger Waters has been stating lots of political views. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/8 "2019-04-18T14:02:58Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I think “Pigs( three different ones)” was about as political as Pink Floyd ever got. But the last handful or so years Roger Waters has been stating lots of political views. When The Tigers Broke Free from the movie version of The Wall seems pretty political to me, wherein the common man was cannon fodder for the safe generals. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/9 "2019-04-18T14:27:15Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I think “Pigs( three different ones)” was about as political as Pink Floyd ever got. But the last handful or so years Roger Waters has been stating lots of political views. David Gilmour has pretty much always been an outspoken leftist. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/10 "2019-04-18T15:41:36Z")
eh, n/m ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/11 "2019-04-18T16:07:49Z")
'Twas just a momentary lapse of reason. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/12 "2019-04-18T16:16:54Z")
In all seriousness, has there actually been an extradition request? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/13 "2019-04-18T16:19:59Z")
Satellite? No. More of a comedy sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/14 "2019-04-18T16:29:38Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I think “Pigs( three different ones)” was about as political as Pink Floyd ever got. But the last handful or so years Roger Waters has been stating lots of political views. Handful of years? I gather you haven’t given _Amused To Death_ a listen. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/15 "2019-04-18T16:42:11Z")
The Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking is as recent as I get. Was that Floyd or Waters solo? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/16 "2019-04-18T16:42:37Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I think “Pigs( three different ones)” was about as political as Pink Floyd ever got. But the last handful or so years Roger Waters has been stating lots of political views. Not to mention plastering Trump’s face on the side of the giant inflatable pig that hovers over the crowd while he played “Pigs” at the Desert Trip festival a few years back. > [@Ludovic](#): > > When The Tigers Broke Free from the movie version of The Wall seems pretty political to me, wherein the common man was cannon fodder How about “The Fletcher Memorial Home” (round up the world’s leaders (listed by name) in a home and apply a final solution) or “Not Now John” (distract the proles from their economic woes with bread and circuses or a cool war) off of _The Final Cut_. Heck, the entire album is a big middle finger to Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands War, so Waters has been political for decades. Gilmour even complained that Final Cut was too politcal. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/17 "2019-04-18T16:46:37Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > In all seriousness, has there actually been an extradition request? Yes. It was announced the same day he was kicked out/arrested. A hearing is already scheduled, afaik. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/18 "2019-04-18T16:46:58Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking is as recent as I get. Was that Floyd or Waters solo? It’s a solo album, released in 1991 or 92. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/19 "2019-04-18T23:37:06Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > It’s a solo album, released in 1991 or 92. As I understand it: Waters went to the others with two possible projects, The Wall and what later became The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. They all agreed that The Wall was better and decided to do that as a Pink Floyd album. The Final Cut evolved out of left overs from The Wall, and TPaCoH was later done as a Waters solo album. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717/20 "2019-04-18T23:41:16Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I think “Pigs( three different ones)” was about as political as Pink Floyd ever got. But the last handful or so years Roger Waters has been stating lots of political views. Roger was writing anti-war stuff since the late 60s.. I think you and others might notice him being more vocal because of YouTube, and because he can publish something and have it read by millions. I also think he’s being called on by the media because a lot of things he’s said come to be true, and because he’s right on the issues no one else wants to tackle, and I think he has credibility, and so people want to inquire further. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717.md?page=2)