[lbo-talk] Anger at suicide of US internet activist

[andie_nachgeborenen]

No comparison. Swartz wasn't Turing. Turing wasn't hounded to death because of a property crime but because of prejudice agains, including criminalization of, his sexual preferences and behavior. Swartz wasn't even hounded to death. He was a depressive who, like 25% of serious depressives, killed himself despite access, lacking to Turing, of the finest legal defense available and despite, unlike Turing, having consciously committed an act of civil disobedience. I am stating to get angry at the misconceptions, distortions, and lionization of Swartz and his case.

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On Jan 14, 2013, at 11:36 AM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:


> The last such great tragedy was the suicide of Turing. A different witch hunt, but still.... 
> 
> Joanna 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/01/20131145435451897.html 
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> [WS:] Another victim of intellectual property rights. 
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> -- 
> Wojtek 
> 
> "An anarchist is a neoliberal without money." 
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