> China trying to extradite someone for criticizing them isn't the same as the US trying to extradite a Russian hacker who is behind a ransomware attack or a South American drug kingpin.
Why?
To them it's the same severity of "crime".
You don't get to define who takes what crimes seriously. If you open the door the US prosecution of overseas non-citizens for non-crimes they didn't commit on US soil, then you open the door for everyone else to apply the same logic to you.
Assange basically did nothing. He didn't break into any systems, he didn't access any IT systems, etc...
> trying to pretend like that is on the same level as criticizing the CCP or some warlord is absurd.
Why?
To them it's the same severity of "crime".
You don't get to define who takes what crimes seriously. If you open the door the US prosecution of overseas non-citizens for non-crimes they didn't commit on US soil, then you open the door for everyone else to apply the same logic to you.
Assange basically did nothing. He didn't break into any systems, he didn't access any IT systems, etc...
> trying to pretend like that is on the same level as criticizing the CCP or some warlord is absurd.
Tell that to these people, executed for criticizing a dead person: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo
To you this might be an absurd reason to go execute someone, but to other people it was a "serious crime" requiring capital punishment.