How do you feel about the leak of Julian Assange's emails to a 19-year-old girl?

Question

http://gawker.com/5714043/the-creepy-lovesick-emails-of-julian-assange

In 2004, a 33-year-old Julian Assange met a 19-year-old girl, taking a romantic interest in her that was not reciprocated.  This led to a string of emails from Assange to the girl, along with numerous phone calls to her parents' house (she hadn't given Assange her number, and he would not tell her how he got it).  The emails and phone calls continued even after she insisted he stop contacting her.  Gawker has recently made the emails public; see the link above.

Setting aside Gawker's characterization of these emails as "creepy," what are your feelings about this leak?  Is what's good for the goose also good for the gander?  Or is the release of a private citizen's correspondence off-limits?

Shadetree · Accepted Answer

whats good for the gooser ;~)

Anonym · Answer

Both were adults at the time and apart from some attempts at bad poetic prose, there is nothing there out of the ordinary. Men in unrequited love or infatuation do say silly things to girls, but as the girl pointed out, he did not try anything nasty. Considering that they were in Australia (where you could score on Bondi Beach just by looking) and she approached him first and led him on (walk and kiss), he showed decorum.

What you read is worlds apart from the shenneigans which politicians and companies get up to. They are not in the same league.

Doug · Answer

Sometimes I feel as though the whole world is run by a never ending game of petty tit-for-tat.

Raatz · Answer

Don't care. His personality is irrelevant to wikileaks documents.

Gawker was hacked by Anonymous the other day. This is retaliation.

Alexandria · Answer

so what..... what does that reveal?

How do you feel about the leak of Julian Assange's emails to a 19-year-old girl?

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