I mean, that's kinda what happens when you don't pay your taxes and run from the government. He would've gotten a trial if he didn't commit suicide.
> did he deserve to die
No, I don't think anyone deserves to die. But, the most likely case here is he did kill himself, in which case, it's kinda on him.
technically, everyone dies... the question should be, did he deserve to be killed, if he was (not saying he was) or did he deserve to think that was his only way out?
Hm, "deserve to think"... We're all totally responsible for our own thoughts, aren't we? I mean, who else could be; how could anyone else be?[1]
If McAfee had addled his brain with drugs so as to suffer paranoid-delusional fantasies; or even without drugs, if he had pondered weird conspiracy theories to the extent that he self-induced a persecution complex... Who's to blame for that but he himself; how could one claim that he didn't "deserve" it?
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[1 -- EDIT]: Besides "long-term brainwash" scenarios, that is. James Bond in a North Korean prison cell, a cowed and battered spouse / child(ren), members of an oppressive cult, shit like that. McAfee was none of those.
But he went down to South America, started making drugs, and got accused of rape and murder. The legal system should assume innocence before trial, though in my personal opinion he was an evil man.
I don't have much of an opinion about McAfee, but it bugs me a bit when people who know less than I do have stronger opinions.
I'm not the person you replied to, but, do you mean they got the continent wrong because Belize is in Central America, and thus technically North America? Seems like an unnecessary nitpick.
If you thought he mistook Spain to be in South America, then, maybe the guidelines here would be of help. From my own experience, it is better to not assume people know less than you.
Then again, maybe you are referring to something else, in which case it would be nice to know what.
I've spent a fair bit of time in Central America, and the people I met there generally took great umbrage at being referred to as "South America".
You'll do yourself a favor to not insult people over technical details. The arrogant attitude does not give a good impression. If you wanted to make it known you knew something they didn't, you could have achieved much more with "Belize and Central-America for that matter is considered to be part of North America, and very explicitly not part of South America". There was no need to make a point of someone knowing less, or disparaging their argument that had little to do with this.
In any case, do not mistake my interaction here as some sort of personal investment. I do not care much. Take the advice from a stranger as you will.
My desire: People with strong opinions should temper them. Or at least temper them in public. That's all.
Total fucking non sequitur!
(Even trying it on paints you in an ever worse light. At least in my book, you'd have come out of this a lot better if you'd taken GP's advice and backed off gracefully one or two comments earlier.)
Some guys are suicided, others simply decide to change their gender in jail. If you don't see how this works, then I have nothing more to say to you
Is there a coherent answer to this in the case of suicide?
I feel like we enter a liar's paradox since the entity who decides whether you deserve to die is yourself.
He was imprisoned awaiting extradition for tax evasion charges, so guilt wasn't really determined yet. He did flee the US to avoid these charges and has since racked up a considerable trail of charges from foreign governments.
We'll probably never see direct evidence of his death. But suicide is plausible, given his history, I'd certainly believe he'd contemplate suicide when faced with a life in prison.