On Julian Assange

How easily we disregard
the battles fought to win,
the principles which underpin
this democratic world.
How quickly we betray,
ignore, the freedoms
we have gained, from those
who fought in battles past,
for justice and our rights.
How easily we now ignore,
the damage which is done,
by flouting law and human rights;
expediency then rules.
How quickly we betray,
ignore, the freedoms
we have gained, from those
who fought in battles past,
for justice and our rights.
And in the doing ignorant,
we squander what we have,
condemn those who will follow,
to fight for it again.