Ever heard of Aaron Swartz?

The 'Internet' is propping the guy up like the next Messiah. His resurrection is forthcoming.

He did some good things...killing himself wasn't one of them. Don't know if he was sick or calculating. Whichever it is...he's become a martyr.

 

I appears his martyrdom is a by-product of the govs prosecution of him being viewed a witch hunt.

 

Seriously, your brain doesn't work correctly

 

Werd.

 

I agree but for Sunshine I was thinking more in general.

 

I'd be hard pressed to view his decision in that light without ever looking down that barrel . At that age the day in and day out thought of prison (and after rejecting the plea) , 35 years of it could wear on the strongest of minds.

 

I don't hold people who off themselves in the prime of their life in any regard.

I feel for their families and friends but that's it.

Why glorify suicide?

 

For as smart of a kid people are trying to make him to be...he sure did something stupid. If you don't want to do the time, don't do the crime.

Activism is an interesting thing.

I'm curious though...those documents he took from MIT...if there was no internet would he have taken the publication they were printed in and illegally reprinted it and passed it around for free?

Prolly wouldn't have the money to do such a thing. And if he did...there are strong copyright laws protecting people's works.

So because there is this thing that allows to pass the floppy disk around quickly, stuff that people spent their own time and money should be free (presuming those people didn't make it free in the first place)?

 

Who glorified suicide?

 

This thread.

 

Are you so socially maladjusted that you can see the difference between having some compassion and glorification?

 

You can decide for yourself.

I don't see any compassion for his family and friends in this thread. Only compassion for him. Compassion for the one who off'ed themselves (technical term) is glorification as it elevates him, even slightly, to be the focus. When you become the focus due to the act, the act becomes glorified as others can think, "Gee look at the attention I'll get if I kill myself."

 

Or maybe, just maybe, it's simply people feeling bad for someone who was in such a bad place that they felt there was no possible way it would ever get better. But based on your post, I don't expect you to get that.

 

sympathy goes a long way my friend. :up:

it is a good teacher.

no one said to be empathetic...as one who is not in is shoes cannot be.

compassion is actually the opposite of glorification since glorification rewards something that you deem positive.....compassion is feeling for someone who is misfortunate.

 

Please don't equate Sunshine with Microsoft. That isn't representative with how we work in the industry or how the vast majority of the good people I know view this loss to the industry.

Chris, you could make some hard decisions about how you affiliate yourself with company and how you approach these types of threads. Like it or not, it's PR all the time.

As for me? I'm suspicious of the "suicide". Highly suspicious.

 

The fact that you felt the need to say this is telling. Sometimes ya gotta sit back and really wonder why you're the "only" one.

 

+1

Him and Mongo sure seem tough though...

 

Reading RSS feeds is my morning ritual while doing cardio at the gym. It's how I keep up to date on technology in my industry. His death is a very sad situation, indeed.

 

Wait, am I the "only" one?