Assange's alleged assaults would put him in a different class than a con-artist, I suppose.

What and you think Kim is a great guy?

It's really important to separate the work from the person. I doubt many of us would have wanted to be friends with Steve Jobs but man I'm glad he existed and did the (professional) things he did.

Dotcom is trying to make a buck, not sincerely change the system.

If making a buck ends up changing the system, why would I care about why he did it? If you go back and look at history with a critical eye you'll find none of your heroes had you in mind when they did whatever it is they did. If we only celebrate the self-less then we have no one to thank for much of anything. That doesn't strike me as very fair.

Hey, I'll be happy if this changes anything for the better. I feel I'm setting my expectations reasonably low.

He's best known for bluster and charisma and promises unfulfilled, after all. I'd happily eat these words if anything positive comes from this.