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Re:A Requiem for Ian Murdock by id on Thursday December 31, 2015 @11:52AM (#10818378)
If anything, suicide makes it more tragic and sad. And Steve Jobs was simply known to a lot more people - his death was all over the news for weeks.

>Ian took his own life as some sort of retaliation against perceived police brutality in the middle of an alcohol/drug fueled rage.

We don't know any of this yet. Speculate all you want but don't state it as if it were a fact.

Re:A Requiem for Ian Murdock by xyzzy4 on Thursday December 31, 2015 @12:22PM (#10818536)
>If anything, suicide makes it more tragic and sad.

I disagree. For example if someone takes all their money and lights it on fire, you shouldn't feel bad for them that they just lost their money.