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Julian Assange's Online Dating Profile Leaked
Ponca City writes "The Telegraph reports that an online dating profile created by Julian Assange in 2006 has been unearthed from OKCupid disclosing that the WikiLeaks editor sought 'spirited, erotic' women 'from countries that have sustained political turmoil.' Writing under the pseudonym of British science fiction author Harry Harrison, Assange described himself as a 'passionate, and often pig headed activist intellectual.' Assange said he was seeking a 'siren for [a] love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy' adding that he was 'directing a consuming, dangerous human rights project which is, as you might expect, male dominated' and added enigmatically: 'I am DANGER, ACHTUNG.' Among Assange's listed interests were the 'structure of reality' and 'chopping up human brains' – although he added the caveat '(neuroscience background)' lest the latter put off potential admirers. 'I like women from countries that have sustained political turmoil,' Assange wrote. 'Western culture seems to forge women that are valueless and inane. OK. Not only women!'"
That actually sounds like a fairly accurate representation of the man. Honesty in an online dating profile? Whodathunkit???
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What a douche.
How much of this is real, and how much of it is planted to tarnish his image, I am sure to have a grain of salt (or a few pounds) while reading his info.
"let me pick your lock with my 256 bit long key"
The only thing gleened from this is that he likes to be in the middle of controversy.
Thats not a good thing, but it does show his motives.
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As someone who specifically sought a partner from another part of the world, I have to agree with his observation - but it doesn't just apply to women in the West. Adversity breeds maturity, and adversity simply does not exist where a high quality of life is handed to the vast majority of Westerners - men and women alike. There is a reason why the best dating advice for both men and women in North America is to find someone not from this continent.
Wow, someone who's brave enough to stand up for what he believes in is also brave enough to say what he wants in a woman. We're pissed because sometimes he succeeds, apparently.
BTW, this slashdot story is an example of the things media is doing wrong:
http://zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/there-is-something-to-see-here/
"....Julian Assange is not that important. Don’t give him a Nobel Prize. Don’t demonize him. Don’t line up in solidarity behind someone who may or may not be a serial rapist. Don’t demand the conviction of someone who is only accused of a crime, and needs to be presumed innocent until he is convicted. Demand justice for him — and don’t pretend you know what that is, unless you’re one of the three people who do — but don’t fall into the trap of thinking his conviction, in the long run, has very much to do with the whole host of really important issues that the Wikileaks revelations have brought up. Don’t make him more important than he is.
Wikileaks is only a single part of something that is, on its own terms, very important. They’ve given us a great deal of knowledge about exactly how the American state actually acts, proof that many of the state department’s secrets are simply a way of avoiding democratic oversight, that our diplomatic corps secretly does horrible things in our name. We already had a lot of knowledge of that, but now we have a lot more, and much of it utterly and uniquely damning. Julian Assange is a smart man who’s done some brave things in service of a good cause — and we owe him a debt of gratitude for the gift he’s given us. Thank you, Wikileaks. But that’s all we owe him, and them.
Which is why I want to say this, as clearly as I can: it’s exactly because Assange and Wikileaks are relatively unimportant (compared to the gigantic scandal of the anti-democratic security state in which we now live) that the media has made him into a superstar, has tried to make the entire story about Wikileaks and a single eccentric and interesting character, rather than about the United States government’s actions as a system. The more we focus on him – and I’ve contributed to that, which is why I particularly want to write this post — the more we take attention away from the real story, the substance of the things Wikileaks has revealed....."
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Wow so he even describes himself as a douche.
They are riding the popularity of his name. Fueling the character assassination. They are diverting actual attention from the leaks. This article is just one more in the pile of NOTIMPORTANT documents. Yet I'm sure it's being tweeted and liked all across The United Social Network of Corporate America.
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Allright, we get it. He's a bit of a weirdo as far as his love-life is concerned.
Now how is this news? Hooray, he likes a particular subset of the female population. What does this have to do with his ability to run a website which leaks government information?
Does this even have ANYTHING to do with ANYTHING? Is this good proof that he raped/didn't call in the morning/whatever someone?
If you want to discredit someone, find something more useful. Like "Dear Diary, raped a woman today. Felt good about myself"
I do not believe and would never claim that it is a real profile and not a fake, but the title:
Current mission: "Fomenting Revolution."
Is certainly fitting.
after online dating fails, it's on to 'sex by surprise', I suppose...
I get the feeling that he won't be too upset by this coming to light. Someone like Assange probably posts things online with the full knowledge that they could (and probably will) be exposed for the world to see.
I was on the fence about the whole rape-charge thing until I read this article. That online dating profile is no doubt the profile of a rapist.
Even if he comes of as violently histrionic, I can't see the bulk of that ad as anything but an attempt to make himself appear less intimidating to approach. I guess it could be a sign of romantic insecurity if he wrote it like that to preemptively deflect criticism.
Emotions! In your brain!
I knew it! Online dating sites are infested with perverts looking for eight year olds!
Let me ask the obvious question. How do you know it's actually his profile?
...Sarah Palin posts to her Facebook: "I knew Assange was a terrorist! Only terrorists chop up human brains!"
$10 says some politician takes something from that profile out of context
"I hope you know how very lucky you are to know me, because I am so incredibly incredible."
And this is what happens when you make *this* kind of guy, the figurehead of your cause. The focus becomes the man, and not what he and his organization were trying to do.
I fault him for this. Not because he leaked his dating profile or even *had* a dating profile, but because he *relishes* the power and control he has over WikiLeaks and as such
clearly has an agenda of his own. What's wrong with that? Well, when you get on a soapbox and start yapping about how you're unveiling this sordid world of lies and backroom handshakes
of various governments of the world, and claiming some kind of moral or ethical superiority, don't be surprised when every piddly thing you've ever done in life comes under a microscope.
He's like a candidate running for political office. Blissfully unaware that that bong hit, or naked photo of them in college will someday come round to haunt them. And moreover, he's unaware that for all his leaks, at least
as far as government leaks are concerned, it's all for not. What's going to change? Security protocols and the methods by which they select who has access to data, where and when. That's about it. Personnel changes, that's what these leaks are going to change.
If it were truly about being transparent, then it would have been better to leak these documents in any number of other outlets. Without the prestige, hand-waving and bullshit agenda, presented as "freedom" or some kind of informational liberation. As in, oh *gasp* the governments of the world are acting in their own best interests, as opposed to the interests of those that put them in power... shock... horror. Wake up. That's reality. Is it a sad one? Sure. But are these leaks going to "change the world"? Not in the long term. In the short term, it's a nice news story and not much more. When the focus is on you the individual, the message you'd hoped to convey gets lost. If his leaks were really as epic and world changing as he and his organization would have us believe, they should stand on their own merits. And they don't.
As the countless posts calling Assange a douche reveal, it's important to establish that he's a douche. This is called poisoning the well and is meant to discredit more relevant information presented by Assange.
Really. Online dating is not rare or anything, this profile is actually quite funny and honest, so what's wrong with it? I'm pretty sure that many Assange-/WL-haters have profiles on such sites and many of them would be more painful to read.
So get over it.
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I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel.
Your wife is 8 years old? thats sick!
The world's top intelligence agencies are all hard a work digging up dirt on the man .. and they come up with ... his DATING profile ??
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"Big Mouth"
He sounds like a twat.
Seriously. If they want to ask Julian some questions, how hard is it for them to simply pick up a phone? Didn't we invent phones so we wouldn't have to shout over long distances? Are there no phones in Sweden, is that the problem? Then what about email? Hell, write a damn letter!
Shouldn't he have already posted this leak on Wikileaks?
Assange had grown despondent that his dating profile hadn't generated much attention. However, for some unknown reason, it's now a topic of discussion worldwide amongst women who all agree with each other that he is a douche. Of course, many of these women proceed to privately email him nude pictures and lewd proposals. Assange is reportedly happy to be out on bail and is having the time of his life.
And in case you haven't noticed, people love to know all about public figures, even really trivial shit. It is the price you pay for fame, more or less. You can't be an enigma, you can't have privacy like you did before. People will want to pry in to your life for no reason other than that you are in the public eye.
In Assanage's case, it'll be all the worse because of how he made his fame. He loves revealing secrets. Some people will find it funny/poetic/whatever to do the same to him.
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Here in slashdot laughing at someone else pickup lines? Pot calling the kettle black?
Of all the bullets used to shoot the messenger, that particular one should not be used here.
Jeez, look at what's NOT there: nothing remotely kinky, nothing disrespectful of ladies, some humor, a HELL of a lot of truth...
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The only "odd" bit is preference for gals from places that have seen a lot of "reality" and even there, yeah, I see where he's coming from. He's trying to avoid the "vapid" types that care more about the ads in the latest issue of Vanity Fair or whatever than they do about stuff that matters. Not at all odd, given who he is :).
Why would anybody call him a "douche" or whatever based on this?
you dirty bird...
...though you'll need an OKC account to view it. http://www.okcupid.com/profile/HarryHarrison
Shocked to find that his semi-confidential information has been plastered all over the internet and newspapers.
I wonder what he did that would make people want to do that? ;)
I'd have had more respect had Wikileaks leaked it.
Julian Assange is a nerd!
Doubtless the next revelation will be that he had acne as a teenager. All of which is clear evidence that he is a rapist, terrorist and traitor.
-deane
http://www.okcupid.com/profile/HarryHarrison
anyone who is able to identify and know one of their undesirable traits as 'pig headed', in an open and direct manner as such, is ok in my book.
it seems he was fully aware of the activities he was engaging in.
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He's from a small city where you are only two or three degrees of separation from everyone else. If you try to bignote yourself like an American MBA someone will say "I've heard of you, you're the guy my cousin saw do something stupid when you were 15. You're nothing special". It's a habit that looks like has been carried over into his dating profile.
It's amusing that people call him a reclusive attention seeker and egomaniac. I would have been in the same room as the guy on at least a dozen occasions (I took some of the same CS subjects as easy credit engineering electives that year but mostly made paper aeroplanes) but had never heard of him until Wikileaks released the Kenya stuff.
Go up against the powerful, and nothing on you remains out of the public eye.
However, there is a notable flaw in this tactic: It is completely irrelevant to the veracity of Wikileaks' documents whether Assange is a arrogant, horny, conceited, a chauvinist or even a rapist.
Okay, a second flaw: As dating profiles go, this is ridiculously non-scandalous. Calling himself "dangerous" or talking about working in a "male-dominated organization" is hard to twist into even circumstantial evidence of even fantasized rape. The rest suggests a desire for an intellectual and ideological equal. Pretty much the only character flaw one can pin on him from this is narcissism, and that's easy to develop when you grow up smarter than everyone around you and caring about stuff most people don't give a crap about. It's a common hacker trait.
You people just love to shoot the messenger don't you...and in this case, the saying "beating a dead horse" also applies.
As long as there are leakers, there will be people to publish those leaks. Of course the obvious solution being, don't do stupid shit and you will have nothing to hide. Where have I heard that before?
has there been any confirmation that it's actually his profile, or if it's a parody or fake?
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
You guys all really believe this is his, or even ANYONE's dating profile? No one writes that. Because if that's really how someone is they would want to hide it, and as a joke it's really not very funny. When I read this story, the first thing I did was check my calendar because I thought it was April 1.
I'm sure he didn't mean that to read the way it does and I'm sure that can be said about most people. Internet dating profiles almost always sound creepy / awkward / weird.
Steel nerves? Check. Rat? Check. Stainless? Certainly not.
You should turn signatures off.
What? he's interested in fuzzy double-breasted green creatures from Optimus Prime? Whodathunkit?
It must of been during a dry spell.......could happen to anybody
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Everyone is so fixated on the sexual assault charges.
What grabs my attention is the obnoxious comment about women (and not only women!) produced by Western culture.
The man himself is a product of Western culture, just quietly.
" sick fuck"? I hear projection, not any evidenced view of how Assange engages in sex. Assange is consistent, very lively, brutally honest, and using his intelligence to improve the world. I doubt he'd even talk to you for more than three sentences. The sex was consensual. One of the women was enamored of him, letting him use her apartment. The other could be described as a protest groupie. If you ever get famous, you'll find them everywhere. Really. He made no mistakes. It was just blind luck and CIA honeypots. Make a nice Nikita episode.
Are they sure that's not just CowboyNeal's online dating profile? Oh, wait! Why the hell would CowboyNeal even have an online dating profile?!?! Nevermind!
Last Online: Dec. 31, 2006, His inbox is full. Multiple tests taken that seem to be similar to what I know about him. (The Politics Test- Strong Democrat, high in a lot of math, knowledge of Australia 77%, but The GNU Linux Test: 32 - The Newbie) Several pictures of him that are obviously him.. Seems to be real..
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Main Profile:
Last Online
Dec. 31, 2006
Ethnicity
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Height
6' 2" (1.87m).
Body Type
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Smokes
No
Drinks
Socially
Drugs
Never
Religion
Atheism
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Education
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Children
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Speaks
English (Fluently)
My self-summary
WARNING: Want a regular, down to earth guy? Keep moving. I am not the droid you're looking for. Save us both while you still can.
Passionate, and often pig headed activist intellectual seeks siren for love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy.
Such a woman should spirited and playful, of high intelligence, though not necessarily formally educated, have spunk, class & inner strength and be able to think strategically about the world and the people she cares about.
I like women from countries that have sustained political turmoil. Western culture seems to forge women that are valueless and inane. OK. Not only women!
Although I am pretty intellectually and physically pugnacious I am very protective of women and children.
I am DANGER, ACHTUNG, and ??????????????!
What I’m doing with my life
Directing a consuming, dangerous human rights project which is, as you might expect, male dominated. Variously professionally involved in international journalism/books, documentaries, cryptography, intelligence agencies, civil rights, political activism, white collar crime and the internet. Formal background in neuroscience, mathematics, physics and philosophy.
I’m really good at
A gentleman never tells.
The first things people usually notice about me
Height. Nordic appearance. Unusual presense. Often carrying mystery brown paper packages tied up with strings; these are a few of my first things.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Russian. (D) anything but Russian!
The six things I could never do without
I could adapt to anything except the loss of female company and carbon.
I spend a lot of time thinking about
Changing the world through passion, inspiration and trickery. Travel (33 countries). Structure of reality. Birth and death of the universe (physics background) Ontology. Chopping up human brains (neuroscience background)
On a typical Friday night I am
Working, or in wilderness, which I retain an undying love for. Parties with good friends are glue, otherwise entertainment is less entertaining than working!
The most private thing I’m willing to admit
I have asian teengirl stalkers. Hello.
I’m looking for
Everybody
Ages 22-46
Located anywhere
For new friends
You should message me if
You are a spirited, erotic, non-confomist. Non-conformity is not the adoption of some pre-existing alternative subculture. I seek innate perceptiveness and spunk.
Do not write to me if you are timid. I am too busy. Write to me if you are brave.
36 / M / Straight / Single
Melbourne, Australia (9075 miles)
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Firefox and IE both have the same problem.
Bah!
... would be by whom and how it was "unearthed".
I'm not seeing pics (or am I just not seeing the link?)
All I'm seeing is something that looks pretty fantastic, and I don't know about you guys, but I try to make my interests sound more mundane so the girl can figure out I'm a creep after we meet.
Wouldn't surprise me if someone was attempting a character assassination for the internet nerds that support him. Mind you, it also seems they don't know how depraved internet nerds are.
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Minor point: Harry Harrison is American, not British.
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We have all this info on Someone who is no threat to us but we can't even find a man who had his men blow up two building that hurt us more than this guy ever will Seriously?
God help him when he hears the inevitable question
Missus Assange: 'But seriously, what is it that you love about me?'
Mister Assange: 'Um, it's your political turmoil innit.'
hackers can get laid too if they put their mind into it ;)
So he is looking to date Children? Take it easy Assange, ya pervert.
The world is how you make it
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