--On Wednesday, January 08, 2014 5:54 AM +1000 "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com> wrote:
On 2014-01-08 05:09, Cari Machet wrote:
plus they were all scuuurrred he was going to leak the docs
No one gave a damn about Aaron Swartz leaking the docs. That was not what he was charged with, and not what pissed off the sysadmins. What pissed off the sysadmins was physical intrusion, and him bringing the network to its knees.
That is bullshit.
You are displaying the same attitude that he did, that it is just fine for members of the ruling class to walk all over mere menials.
Apparently it can indeed be argued that he wanted to become part of the ruling class. Cathal Garvey said as much, if I read him correctly. If you want to attack Swartz you can do it without laughably trying to defend the 'physical property' of the mit mafia. Your defense being doubly weird since you're supposedly a libertarian? Then again, the vast majority of self-described libertarians I now are actually conservatives...