GalahOnTheBay said...
Even if you think the law is wrong, he broke the law - end of story.
Don't do the crime if you won't do the time...
Assuming you didn't bother to rtfa, the guy got his passport back and was questioned about previous convictions. Copy and paste ftfa (bold is mine):
"Mr Assange, 37, told The Age newspaper that half an hour after
his passport was returned to him an AFP officer searched one of his bags and
questioned him about a previous criminal record for computer hacking offences when he was a teenager. "
Essential reading for anyone vaguely interested in internet filtering:
www.efa.org.au/category/censorship/mandatory-isp-filtering/Of note, thank the coalition government and independents (not the greens) for changing the freedom of information act in September of 2003 specifically to make it illegal to:
www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/cens1.html#secretwww.efa.org.au/FOI/clabill2002/index.htmlLove it or hate it, the fact of the matter is that's law.
Disagreeing with the law is no excuse for breaking it, and certainly no grounds to complain when you get get busted.
