Rep. Zoe Lofgren Introduces Aaron's Law [pdf]

Re:Rep. Zoe Lofgren Introduces Aaron's Law [pdf] by tptacek on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @01:08AM (#5065587)

You're definitely the same Jacques I remember. I haven't come around on this case; I have the same opinion of it I always had. Like Aaron's own lawyer, I was confident he was at no real risk of serving time --- first time offender, no commercial purpose, no co-conspirators, minimal attempt to hide, no damage. It was hard to fathom that he'd do worse than credit card thieves. Unlike his lawyer, who was privy to all sorts of facts neither you nor I had, I was unaware of the psychological games the prosecution was playing. Have you noticed how shocked everyone is at what happened? That's because what happened was shocking. I think what Aaron did was wrong, but like I said at the time, I was hoping he'd do well at trial.

I definitely don't think of myself as any classier than you; I think we occupy opposite poles of some deranged message board energy sphere. Or you're the heat miser and I'm the cold miser. Either way, I can spot a dumb argument as quickly as you can, and just because I'm imperfect doesn't mean I'm not going to point them out.

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Re:Rep. Zoe Lofgren Introduces Aaron's Law [pdf] by jacquesm on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @01:20AM (#5065617)

> I haven't come around on this case; I have the same opinion of it I always had.

I'll take your word for it but I'm getting a different impression.

Aaron was fairly clearly being made an example out of, and I think that after the expansion of the indictment (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4528083, a thread in which you commented, and which came before the thread about Aarons friends setting up a defence fund) that would have been pretty obvious even to those not already of that opinion.

Maybe I'm slightly more sensitive to this stuff because of some of the things that happened in the wake of reocities.com but let's just say that if Aaron had charges worth a few decades thrown at him for TOS violations and unauthorized access I should probably be in jail for at least several decades because of that little gig.

I know everybody is shocked at what happened, but I'm far more shocked at Aarons' suicide than at the travesty of justice perpetrated there, there are lots more examples of such things happening on a daily basis.

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Re:Rep. Zoe Lofgren Introduces Aaron's Law [pdf] by tptacek on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @01:24AM (#5065627)

I think my mentality about the law is different enough from the one that prevails on HN that I appear much more conservative or authoritarian than I am. I say something anti-authoritarian and I sound like I've done a 180.

We should stop talking about us, or at least, about me. This isn't about me/us.

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Re:Rep. Zoe Lofgren Introduces Aaron's Law [pdf] by jacquesm on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @01:27AM (#5065640)

> I say something anti-authoritarian and I sound like I've done a 180.

That's probably it. I couldn't help but notice.

> This isn't about me/us.

Agreed.

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