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Re:IBM Exec Husband of Aaron Swartz Prosecutor Takes to Twit... by tcuk on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @06:01PM (#5063702)
You do realize it's perfectly plausible that they did want to bully him into a plea bargain and that they also didn't want him to commit suicide, and do feel empathetic towards the situation?
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Re:IBM Exec Husband of Aaron Swartz Prosecutor Takes to Twit... by ucee054 on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @07:19PM (#5064113)
What, that they had a human interest in Swartz while planning his blackmail? No, that's not at all plausible.

"Plausible" means "likely", not "tcuk positing something that can't be proved impossible".

The term you're looking for is "clutching at straws".

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Re:IBM Exec Husband of Aaron Swartz Prosecutor Takes to Twit... by tcuk on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @07:37PM (#5064218)
I'm not sure how or why you fail to see or accept any grey area in this. I'm not sure how else to explain my view.
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