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Disclaimer: I never liked Assange, and I think his he is most concerned about self-promotions. That said my cynical view is that the only reason for this statem
by rimantas 13y ago
Disclaimer: I never liked Assange, and I think his he is most concerned about self-promotions.
That said my cynical view is that the only reason for this statement is that Edward Snowden stole his show (and I have huge respect for Snowden) so Assange felt the need to remind about himself.
- general_failure 13y agoWhy does it matter if he did something for self promotion ? What he did was courageous.
- lttlrck 13y agoSince his involvement in the initial act that thrust him into the spotlight I see nothimg that warrants the accolade of courageous.
- obviouslygreen 13y agoThat it shouldn't matter (with which I agree) doesn't change the fact that it does matter to people. Taking the teeth out of a threat that's largely posed by public opinion is vastly easier when you can convince said public that the source of the threat is of impeachable character or distract them with some flaw or misdeed; people will happily fill in "well, he's kind of a sleazeball, so to hell with him" from there.
- Peaker 13y agoI think this is the exact image of Assange that US authorities tried to build, as if his concern about himself is relevant for anything at all.
- deathcakes 13y agoI also have no time for him as a personality - however you can't tell me that you disregard his arguments on that basis? I know I certainly don't.
- kragen 13y agoIf his self-promotion weren't necessary to produce results, we'd all be reading news stories about Cryptome and how John Young, Architect, was seeking asylum.