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Re:Anonymous R.I.P Note for Aaron Swartz by droithomme on Monday January 14, 2013 @01:26AM (#5053525)
Suicide as an act of protest of brutality and injustice has a reasonably solid history of resulting in revolutions that toppled governments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thich_Quang_Duc

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Re:Anonymous R.I.P Note for Aaron Swartz by gosub on Monday January 14, 2013 @07:18AM (#5054334)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Younger#Death
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Re:Anonymous R.I.P Note for Aaron Swartz by halviti on Monday January 14, 2013 @11:26AM (#5055254)
And still goes on regularly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation

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