Re:Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago
by derleth on Monday January 14, 2013 @05:59PM
(#5057224)
> accept the consequences
Everyone has to accept the consequences. Reality doesn't allow you not to. There's no way to 'log out' of the real world; the most you can do is kill yourself, and then your suicide becomes the consequence.
Whenever someone says "accept the consequences" they mean "accept the consequences in silence", as opposed to accepting them under vocal protest and attempting to challenge them. When the consequences are unjust, accepting them in silence is acquiescing to the injustice, which only serves to perpetuate it.
Merely accepting the consequences is inevitable; accepting the consequences in silence is a choice, and it is not always the best choice.
Everyone has to accept the consequences. Reality doesn't allow you not to. There's no way to 'log out' of the real world; the most you can do is kill yourself, and then your suicide becomes the consequence.
Whenever someone says "accept the consequences" they mean "accept the consequences in silence", as opposed to accepting them under vocal protest and attempting to challenge them. When the consequences are unjust, accepting them in silence is acquiescing to the injustice, which only serves to perpetuate it.
Merely accepting the consequences is inevitable; accepting the consequences in silence is a choice, and it is not always the best choice.