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Re:Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago by niggler on Monday January 14, 2013 @09:01PM (#5058079)
This is HN. I don't think edw519 or any of the critics back then would change their mind as a result of the suicide, not because they don't care but because reacting to the suicide would be an emotional reaction and the critics made their opinions based on an unchanged set of facts. It's clear even back then that the core facts were known.
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Re:Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago by mcantelon on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @02:45AM (#5059192)
>It's clear even back then that the core facts were known.

The "core facts", about whether or not it would be "seriously wrong" for Swarz to ask the community for financial assistance, would be knowledge of Swarz's financials. Was edw519 privy to this information? Probably not.

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Re:Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago by niggler on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @09:42AM (#5060289)
From Lessig's response it sounded like the information was common knowledge ...
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Re:Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago by mcantelon on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @02:40PM (#5062441)
Ah... so edw519 knew Aaron was worried about being financially able to see his case through, but thought he should "man up" and be financially decimated (or financially unable due to frozen assets). Makes sense.
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Re:Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago by niggler on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @05:49PM (#5063621)
You are merely pointing to the fact that some people shouldn't opine until they bother to look into the facts. Having a half-understanding about what's going on and making a proclamation always seemed foolhardy to me ...
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Re:Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago by mcantelon on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @06:01PM (#5063705)
Exactly. edw519 more or less said Aaron's privileged and made money in the past so he doesn't need help from the community now. He rallied the community against supporting Aaron making an assumption that Aaron didn't need the support.
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