Stripped to it's essence, this story isn't about politics, and folks that vehemently oppose Assange's politics need be mindful of the fact that political control of government changes from time to time.

While the folks that favor their politics are in control they should not set the precedent that it is ok for those political leaders to torture people to death, because political control of the mechanism that does that torturing will soon change hands, and then their politics will not be in favor.

But that precedent that allows political leaders to torture people to death they disagree with politically will still stand. Then they will be people the political leaders disagree with, and it will be they and their ilk that are under threat of whatever they have allowed governmet to do when it was led by those they agreed with politically.

Sheeple are incapable of this understanding. Rational human beings, on the other hand, damn well better understand this fact, and for that reason, regardless of our politics, every rational human being needs to defend Assange from being tortured to death by government, because by doing so we're defending ourselves from being subjected to that identical treatment.

Thanks!