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Re:FBI secretly collected data on Aaron Swartz earlier than ... by tremon on Friday December 14, 2018 @11:38AM (#18682103)
He wilfully, deliberately and with substantial premeditation broke the law.

So did Rosa Parks, and so did Edward Snowden. That does not mean they automatically deserve what they got.

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Re:FBI secretly collected data on Aaron Swartz earlier than ... by lucozade on Friday December 14, 2018 @11:54AM (#18682254)
> That does not mean they automatically deserved what they got

Indeed, and I said the same about Aaron.

Snowden's a different case as he didn't break the law to show up the law.

But it's critical to history that Rosa Parks broke the law. If she had just annoyed a racist bus driver then there's no shining a light on the system. And crucially, that's what Aaron was attempting to do too.

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