Julian Assange And Winston Smith

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It is good that Julian Assange has been released from the super-high security prison in which he has been held in solitary confinement for the last five years. But do not confuse his release for a good deed. If they kept your grandmother imprisoned unjustifiably for that long, you wouldn’t have warm fuzzy feelings for them or slap them on the back for finally letting her out. Only a fool would feel that they’d seen the light and…