Reply #16: A lot of times people do things for more than one reason [View All]

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The interesting part for me is finding or at least figuring out what those reasons are. The reason might be also less covert and more common sense. Sure being on the outside might make it more comfortable to do what outsiders, stranger or even incensed enemies would do. The idea that anybody can understand others motives is a speculative field that often can put most of the rest of us on the same level playing field. I would say after reading the article on Greenwald that empathy part might be conveniently ignored here for reasons of anger. Being subjected hostility often helps in figuring out why we should help others not encounter the same fate. Manning obviously wouldn't be dropping dimes for a need of the notoriety and his plan probably was also not to get apprehended for his efforts. Implying that a main reason he did it was he felt like an outsider with little to loose just sounds like a implausible reach of a reason to me. Or at least for main cause to be sure