It’s fair to say I’m basking in some reflected glory this morning. The author and great mind, Neil Gaiman, has engaged me in a lengthy Twitter conversation on the vexing subject of Julian Assange.
It started with this exchange between Gaiman and an author who’s science fiction I love, Charlie Stross.
I sent a rather snarky response, but to his credit, Neil Gaiman engaged and then we had a respectful dialogue about the Assange case.
Our basic disagreement is that Neil seemed exclusively focused on the outstanding rape and sexual assault allegations against Assange, while I was trying to point out that the plan to extradite him to the US was the bigger picture issue today.
@cstross I am a huge fan Charlie, and a Yorkshire lad in exile, but you are totally on the wrong side of history on this issue.
I’m disappointed, your writing indicates your political instincts are better than this.
As for @neilhimself …. who are you again? pic.twitter.com/xxQ2rGAVWA
— The artist informally known as Doc Martin (@ethicalmartini) April 12, 2019
