{"id":33493,"date":"2017-06-20T08:35:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T08:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=33493"},"modified":"2019-04-08T05:06:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T05:06:55","slug":"assange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/06\/assange\/","title":{"rendered":"Assange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assange is no criminal<br \/>\nHis courage reigns<br \/>\nIn the face of our enemy<br \/>\nFearlessness gains<br \/>\nAn audacious boldness<br \/>\nA knight if you will<br \/>\nWho combats the evil<br \/>\nWith the ultimate skill <\/p>\n<p>Against intimidation<br \/>\nThe ashen faced might<br \/>\nGive up the ghost<br \/>\nAnd forgo the bright light<br \/>\nHigh places squalor<br \/>\nRepellant and wrong<br \/>\nWho scythes through the shadows<br \/>\nWhere they all belong<\/p>\n<p>Where power an corruption<br \/>\nGo hand in hand<br \/>\nExhausting the innocent<br \/>\nAnd understand<br \/>\nThe unpalatability,<br \/>\n the maddening gall<br \/>\nThe indisposed wrath<br \/>\nNo one can overhaul<\/p>\n<p>One such individual<br \/>\nWilling to claim<br \/>\nThe right from the wrong<br \/>\nIn the heat of the flame<br \/>\nAn odour of sanctity<br \/>\nAnd rectitude<br \/>\nAbove all temptation<br \/>\nAble to conclude<\/p>\n<p>A vastness of honour<br \/>\nSeraphic and sure<br \/>\nUpright and honest<br \/>\nWhich many ignore<br \/>\nA great whistleblower<br \/>\nWhose breath and whose power<br \/>\nIs a true shining light<br \/>\nIn the face of each hour<\/p>\n<p>Governments improbity<br \/>\nCorruption beyond<br \/>\nWangles and fiddles<br \/>\nAnd how some respond<br \/>\nVillainy, venality, chicanery<br \/>\nThe height of crookedness<br \/>\nAnd disloyalty<\/p>\n<p>julian restores some justice<br \/>\nFor he<br \/>\nNeeds to come home<br \/>\nAnd just feel he is free<br \/>\nDefamed and dishonoured<br \/>\nFor his white angel glow<br \/>\nOf showing the truth<br \/>\nSo that we all can know<\/p>\n<p>The true ethicality<br \/>\nAnd uprightness means<br \/>\nA much fairer world<br \/>\nBeyond the machines<br \/>\nConsideration for all<br \/>\nAnd ofcourse toleration<br \/>\nWith forgiveness on call<\/p>\n<p>JULIAN needs to come home<br \/>\nTo now be<br \/>\nBack with his children<br \/>\nAnd family<br \/>\nStealing those lives<br \/>\nAs we have is real bad<br \/>\nIt builds such abhorrence<br \/>\nMaking such figures sad<\/p>\n<p>Love is the verb<br \/>\nThat we all need to use<br \/>\nDraw the affection<br \/>\nJust do not abuse<br \/>\nAnother&#8217;s freedom<br \/>\nFor how can that be<br \/>\nAllowed in this day and age<br \/>\nIf we agree<\/p>\n<p>All have diplomacy<br \/>\nLook at the man<br \/>\nHe retains his gentility<br \/>\nSince he began<br \/>\nCalling out criminals<br \/>\nExposing those who<br \/>\nHad power in high places<br \/>\nBut their cover they blew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assange is no criminal His courage reigns In the face of our enemy Fearlessness gains An audacious boldness A knight if you will Who combats the evil With the ultimate skill Against intimidation The ashen faced might Give up the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/06\/assange\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,82,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-topical-news-stories-ii","category-whistleblowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33493"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40876,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33493\/revisions\/40876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}