Then it got weird.
Assange, Public Enemy No. 1, turns himself into the British authorities, and the indictment is read. But it isn't replete with accusations of crimes against the State or crimes against humanity. No, it is about sex.
Yes, sex. Descriptions of his genitalia and committing crimes for, among other things, not allegedly using a condom during sex. The indictment alleges that Assange did not use a condom in a sexual encounter with a woman and “improperly exploited the fact that she was asleep.” Reference was even made to his “naked, erect penis."
It calls to mind the torture schemes devised by CIA and used on "detainees," individuals illegally held without hearing or due process and made the subject of bizarre, ritualistic behavior, sexual abuse and nudity.
The Theater of the Absurd has jumped out of the pages of a novel or screen play, and sunk itself deep into the public psyche. How utterly strange, that the most wanted man in the world is wanted for having sex with a woman while not wearing a condom. Yet so many are so lost in the Matrix, that they attack him venomously. They protest: How dare he reveal secret information to me! How dare he require that I know what is going on in the world and be treated like an adult, instead of like a child, in fear, regressed, unable to govern oneself without Big Brother.
On the infowars front, the hackers group known as "Anonymous" has now joined the battle. After paypal and a Swiss bank shut down Wikileaks' accounts, Anonymous struck with denial of service attacks on each of them, shutting down web access for approximately 8 hours each. Interestingly, they received an almost immediate response. But, according to the hacker community, going to war with them is a fool's errand. So much of human life has now become dictated by computer, that those who can hijack the computer can begin having a significant impact on human life.
As it takes money to wage war, and infowars are no exception, governments have sought the assistance of the credit card behemoths to shut off any funds to Assange. And they will likely do the same to Anonymous, and others who oppose them.
And so the wars become pitched about access to information, and the question is whether the resistance -- that is, those remaining non-corporate individuals of free conscience -- can fund itself without the corporate collaborators who control the money.
That, and sex.
What a long, strange trip it's been.
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