Unfortunately, his sexual desires superseded his common sense and that of the greater good.
On another note, it's easy to remain on one's moral high horse while surrounded by comfort and taking relatively light responsibility on one self. I suspect the perfect moral hero that gives up all of them selves to protect some perfect ideals is something you're more likely to encounter in fiction like Star Trek than reality.
He runs Wikileaks giving his name a prominent billing, and has sex with some of his fans. It all comes from the same source.
Anyway! His comment was dumb, your loaded question is dumb, and this entire thread is dumb.