Of course not, and I doubt he meant to. The point I'd make: Good can come
of bad motives. Bad can occur despite wonderful intentions.

When examining a past event, I do not believe motives are relevant. Motives
only matter in the present.

An intelligent man with a preponderance of evidence suggesting "good"
motives is trustworthy—which really just means you needn't watch him all
the time. This is desirable because we are limited in time, and in eyes.

A fool with good intentions may not be safer than one with bad. And he may
even be more dangerous than a smart man with bad intentions. It all depends
on the scope of the intentions.

Point is, motives matter, but only as data for estimating future actions.
What's done is done. Whatever motivated him to help Assange doesn't matter.
It could have been altruism. More likely an "enemy of my enemy" situation,
which he thought it was tactically useful.

But either way, overall, he seems untrustworthy to me. One "good" outcome
does not redeem the pattern. I am reminded of the defense's refrain in the
Bundy case, I think — yes, I've googled "serial killer saves", and beyond
the House episode, this is a useful result to illustrate my point.

http://listverse.com/2014/06/23/10-serial-killers-who-did-the-last-thing-youd-expect/

People are not black and white. None of us is either, and we are wise to
always bear that in mind. Real life is not so kind as to give us Disney
hero/villain archetypes.

—J
On Aug 31, 2014 1:19 PM, "Metatron YHVH" <metatrongone@???> wrote:

> Can you really use Assange to validate this man's character/motives?
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Nicolás Mendoza <nicolasmendo@???>
> wrote:
>
>> On the other hand, if it weren't for Correa's BALLS, Julian Assange would
>> probably be naked, cold and wet in some dark pit in a US military base
>> awaiting trial. No one else in the world would take the heat for JA like
>> Correa did.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you. Good to know.
>>>
>>> On 08/31/2014 12:04 AM, Marco wrote:
>>> > Don't be fooled. Correa is a devil in disguise. I Live in Ecuador, have
>>> > for over 5 years & this guy is Obama # 2. Wolf in sheep's clothing.
>>> > American trained economy from some ivy league school. Sells of all the
>>> > jungle here to chinese interests. Shuts down local grassroots activism
>>> > via swat teams. Some years ago he had banned GMO & put it in the
>>> > constitution, now 2 years later, he is desperately trying to reverse
>>> > course & promote GMOs in the country. Pretends he is against US
>>> > "imperialism" but it is clear they both answer to the SAME MASTERS.
>>> It's
>>> > just a show, like those incredible speeches Obama gave in 2006-7. This
>>> > "electronic currency" is just fiat 2.0, a central bank response to
>>> > decentralized crypto currency which he has recently BANNED. I had to
>>> > turn off my GPU mining because I don't want to jeopardize my freedom.
>>> > Ecuadorian jails aren't pretty.
>>> > Look to Putin or Morales if there is to be any hope in a politician.
>>> > Correa is a filthy pig, through & through.
>>> >
>>> > www.nondescrypt.net <http://www.nondescrypt.net> - Episode 2
>>> > -Understanding Bitcoin for my take on it.
>>> >
>>> > :)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 30 August 2014 12:06, Amir Taaki <genjix@???
>>> > <mailto:genjix@riseup.net>> wrote:
>>> >

>>> >     http://phys.org/news/2014-08-ecuador-heralds-digital-currency.html

>>> >

>>> >     Guys, I actually think this is pretty interesting. Rafael Correa
>>> has an
>>> >     economics background and an interesting personal history:

>>> >

>>> >     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Correa#Early_life

>>> >

>>> >     He's an advocate of economic sovereignty.

>>> >

>>> >     Although I have mixed feelings about this which can be interpreted
>>> in
>>> >     multiple ways.

>>> >
>>> >

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