Adrian Lamo Response

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/03/adrian-lamo-bradley-manning-q-and-a
# My comments in this format

EP: But in making that decision to sound an early warning – by going to the DoD – weren't you setting yourself up as judge and jury over Manning? And if so, what gave you the authority to make that judgment any more than Manning himself, or for that matter WikiLeaks?

AL: At age 13, I was violently mugged at a busy train station.

# You're 31 now. The psychological mourning period of a tragic death is a year. Get over the past you massive douche.

There were dozens of onlookers, but none of them lent a hand.

# People are cowards. People are also liars and backstabbers, and capable of incredible self-delusion.

It was as though they couldn't see what was obviously happening in front of them, and if they did, couldn't justify to themselves the risks of getting involved.

# Earlier you refused to speculate on what motivated Bradley Manning to seek you out. Now
# you're speculating on what dozens of onlookers thought?
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# "AL: There are a lot of possible reasons, but only he knows which one moved him. With something
# so speculative, there's no real right answer."
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# You're clearly full of shit.

That was a defining point in that stage of my life. After that, I could never tell myself that it was someone else's problem, or let a situation pass me by if I felt something had to be done.

# Get over yourself, narcissist.

I knew from experience that all too often, no one else would act.

# Most of the time, it's good to be the person to act. But to act without morals or wisdom is not what
# I nor any of your peers* would call a virtue.

My authority was that I was the only person who could make that choice.

# EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO EGO There I said it @6 times does your tiny pecker feel stimulated?

I knew that people would fret about what might have been, would second-guess, offer alternatives in hindsight.

# It's called being responsible and analyzing the situation instead of blindly jumping to what the
# fucktards in power want you to do. In the absence of your own moral compass, you will be steered by
# others.

People always do. And invariably, none of those who do were there for the situation as it unfolded, or had to make that choice – have probably never had to make that kind of choice about a human life. But they're sure they know what they would have done, if only they'd been lucky enough to be there.

# It isn't about the choice you made. I might have made the same. It's the reasons you give and the
# attitude you take that makes people hate you.

# * You claim to have been a hacker. Take a quick poll on what the people most similar to you think
# about not only what you chose, but also how you've carried yourself in the aftermath.