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Re:Why Aaron died by Millennium on Monday February 04, 2013 @12:04PM (#5165280)
This would imply that the US Attorney's office made a mistake in charging him for the crimes he committed. In reality, this would have been letting him off the hook because ZOMGAARONSWARTZ.

Aaron died because he forgot that civil disobedience is not about sticking it to The Man, but about getting into the sort of vulnerable position that makes it possible to win people over with dialogue. It's about paying the price, not doing the deed, and he wasn't prepared for that. This is not something he should be martyred for.

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Re:Why Aaron died by jjjjjosh on Monday February 04, 2013 @07:14PM (#5168183)
"civil disobedience is not about sticking it to The Man, but about getting into the sort of vulnerable position that makes it possible to win people over with dialogue."

I find that really beautiful, thank you.

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