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Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by xadhominemx on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:27PM (#25733425)
I don’t think Aaron’s criminal record would have impacted his life much at all. If anything it would have burnished his credentials and credibility as an activist.
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Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by selimthegrim on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:43PM (#25738712)
He wanted to run for office in the future and saw catching a felony as a risk to that goal
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Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by xadhominemx on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @12:45AM (#25742806)
Then he should not have committed a dozen or so felonies
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