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A Swartz is more closely related to general government overreach like Snowden or Katherine Mitchell; people who saw a system that needed fixing. Comparing A Swa
by rabidonrails 11y ago
A Swartz is more closely related to general government overreach like Snowden or Katherine Mitchell; people who saw a system that needed fixing. Comparing A Swartz with Gardner is a somewhat unfair comparison for Swartz.
- gertef 11y agoIs downloading information less worthy of government regulation then trading cigarettes? Is hounding someone through the courts more of an overreach than killing in the street?
- wolfgke 11y agoWhile Swartz was surely a lot more of a hero then Eric Garner, both were each in their own way murdered (or left for dead) by the same system of criminal prosecution.