Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago

Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by Jugurtha on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:49PM (#25732722)

>He was not murdered, he suffered from severe mentally illness.

Maybe having one of the most powerful governments use its might to crush someone and make an example does that to people?

Normal people are scared of a manager, a college professor, or making a presentation; imagine how they'd feel if the U.S Government was on their case specifically.

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Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by xadhominemx on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:01PM (#25732936)

He was not going to get crushed by the government, he was going to serve a 6 month sentence in a low security facility. This is the sort of sentence one might receive for stealing a car. Are those individuals “crushed” by the government?

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Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by Jugurtha on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:28PM (#25733449)

My point is that the situation would put anyone's resilience to the test.

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Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by xadhominemx on Monday January 11, 2021 @06:07PM (#25739235)

Millions of people in the US have served sentences of similar length or longer

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Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by Jugurtha on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:19AM (#25747959)

Millions of people have cats.

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