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Re:Carmen Ortiz Strikes Out by mpyne on Sunday January 20, 2013 @10:12AM (#5087112)
I never said it wasn't discussed, I said there has been very little discussion.

And either way, Bob Swartz is not exactly a disinterested party here.

I've lost a child to SIDS. I can guarantee you as a fellow parent who has lost a child that being able to point a finger at some person or persons who are responsible feels much better. You lose a child to something like SIDS or depression and you feel helpless, just utterly helpless. What else do you expect him to say, "oh yeah, he seemed real withdrawn last time we talked but I guess I just didn't notice"?

But looking from the outside, are we really supposed to conclude that someone who killed themself based on a 6 month prison sentence had nothing else going on inside? Do other men never have their parents die or become seriously ill?

Re:Carmen Ortiz Strikes Out by lilsunnybee on Sunday January 20, 2013 @07:57PM (#5089119)
Being charged with a felony is a life sentence in the US. You're forever part of an underclass of 'convicted felons', and your opportunities in life are greatly diminished.
Re:Carmen Ortiz Strikes Out by mpyne on Sunday January 20, 2013 @11:46PM (#5089922)
I've worked with a 'felon'. Hacker News was co-founded by a 'felon' convicted under CFAA. The first one convicted, in fact, so if anything aaronsw had the advantage of having it proven before he did what he did that it could possibly result in felony charges. If that's really something he didn't want to have as a possibility, if he would really be so ashamed to be convicted of a "bullshit felony" then it makes you wonder why he went about his business the way that he did. If the law is as stupid as Aaron thought it was then he'd be able to wear the felon tag as a badge of pride.