Julian Assange

I wish I hadn't drawn their attention to it now!

Must be something in water...hope it isn't catching.

Just picking up this thread after starting it and then wafting off to lovely Wales.
J04 really - the idea that people's personalities were written on their faces or skull shape was very popular in Victorian times (phrenology etc) It all boiled down to ugly/black/malnourished/diseased = evil/criminal/untrustworthy. If you look back at the illustrations they are shocking. Especially if one recalls that the many people in that time suffered from rickets, congenital syphillis and other diseases that malformed their appearance.
What research shows is that we are prejudiced to make favourable judgements about the good looking and tall and less favourable ones about the ugly and short. I would point out as illustration that Peter Sutcliffe looked very personable.
Assange is an extreme personality - this is obvious as he would not have achieved what he did with wikileaks if he was not. Or persuaded all those people to support him. Or skipped bail. Extreme, value driven personalities may sometimes prove to be to all round good people with their hearts and deeds firmly in the right place. Or sometimes not. We cannot judge from how they look, or, frankly, what journalists opine. Justice systems exist to try to bring the guilty to justice, without wrongly punishing the innocent. Always a tricky line to tread.

Jess m I still think you have the face you deserve ,

Have you seen Jess then, Nonu?

There is some truth in what you say nonu of course - if you smoke like a chimney and lie in the hot sun all day, while dieting rigorously, you will have a face like a saggy, crumpled bit of leather. If you dine on mince and slices of quince too often you will get a double chin.
And if you scowl like that nonu you will get scowl lines and then you will look scowly all the time and not just after the wind has changed.
But just because there is some truth in it, does not mean either that you can judge someone's personality by their face. And many people have unattractive faces which are not something they "deserve".
Congenital syphillis, malnutrition, chromosomal anomalies and maternal alcoholism can all leave someone irreparably ugly before they are out of nappies. I could go on.

i for one have a very pleasant counternance

Everyone I know are just like their face suggests.

And think of Ann Widdecombe!!!!

I'm --buggered-- blowed if I like the look of him

Wasn't my fault that swearing wasn't crossed out.

Well said JessM

Not talking about people fresh out of nappies! Or congenital deformities, or accidents etc.

By adulthood, character is reflected overall in a face.

Traditional Chinese Medicine holds that the health of the internal organs can be assessed from changes in the face.....just saying.
Not recommending or taking sides, obviously

Even if adult character is reflected in the face, wouldn't that have to be seen in real life rather than just in a newspaper or on tv?

Traditional Chinese medicine thinks tiger bones cure some disease or other and that rhinonhorn is an aphrodisiac. And they don't give a damn that both animals need protection from hunters.

So I think I'll give traditional chinese medicine a miss, thanks all the same.

Sadly, jingle we have no way of judging you by your appearance... but I think we've been over that ground before!

I was waiting for that one Annobel!

Glad to oblige, jingl.

sorry, have to share https://p.twimg.com/A0w0h0GCAAE_Gff.jpg

Don't apologise trish nice to have a bit of humour first thing this morning. Don't they look alike too?

That gave me an early morning smile. Hadn't realised JA looked so much like John Humphries.

LOL - wrong John. But now you come to mention it...

Think that scuppers someone's theories?

You mean because John Humphries is/was a likeable character?

Therefore, if JA has a similar face ........