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Re:1/13 noon at MIT: Protest wrongful prosecution of Aaron S... by BenoitEssiambre on Sunday January 13, 2013 @11:59AM (#5051140)
I have been digesting this news for a day and even though Aaron was a complete stranger to me, I can't remember feeling outrage this persistent in my entire life.

This was an attack on freedom not carried out by a confused and brainwashed group of people desperate for their lives due to living in an impoverished country or warzone. It was an organised attack, meant to ruin a person's life and deter anyone who wants to fight for information freedom, coordinated by well off, educated people who made conscious choices, had access to all the facts, were reminded repeatedly by the media how ridiculous and immoral their actions were and did it all for the political and financial benefit of special interests and the serfdom of everyone else.

These people were informed, they had to know how malevolent they were acting towards Aaron and those who try to maintain freedom and democracy in the digital world. They were aware and still chose to try to ruin his life even though he was clearly acting entirely in the interest of others and doing it in a manner that was civil and non violent. They did it just because he was smarter than most and thus a greater threat to entrenched powers. The level of evil here is truly off the scale. The fact that it resulted in his death is just... I'm at a loss for words.

And they call themselves department of justice.

Re:1/13 noon at MIT: Protest wrongful prosecution of Aaron S... by drats on Sunday January 13, 2013 @02:20PM (#5051547)
This is an excellent explanation of the core outrage in this case. I can't believe there are people in other threads attempting to excuse the actions of the prosecutors. The publisher dropped the case, there should have only been a pursuit for a minor ~30 day tresspass sentence if MIT specifically requested it.
Re:1/13 noon at MIT: Protest wrongful prosecution of Aaron S... by chknofthescene on Sunday January 13, 2013 @01:31PM (#5051378)
I couldn't have put it better. Aaron was a stranger to me as well, but I feel the deepest of grief for him. And for our society.
Re:1/13 noon at MIT: Protest wrongful prosecution of Aaron S... by damon_c on Sunday January 13, 2013 @02:58PM (#5051686)
And they act on our (Americans) behalf and are funded by our tax dollars.