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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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