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Just because you're a prodigy doesn't make you exempt from the rules that exist. On the scale of injustices, what he did is hardly an offense worthwhile by ille
by MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago
Just because you're a prodigy doesn't make you exempt from the rules that exist. On the scale of injustices, what he did is hardly an offense worthwhile by illegitimate means. He should've just gone about it the way the system is devised. Nobody likes it. But being noble doesn't get you anywhere nowadays.
- breck 6y ago> But being noble doesn't get you anywhere nowadays. It never did. You do it for the people that come after you.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y agoDoing anything for the "greater good" doesn't get you anything besides being a folk hero. There are very few if any folk heroes that ever "triumphed" over the state.
- pm90 6y agoBeing noble is only possible when you have power. When you know the right people, breaking the law like he did can be shrugged of as an ideological protest. His prosecution shows just how flawed the Criminal Justice system is in the US. Harsh laws, selectively applied and the weakest get the harshest sentences.
- kichimi 6y agoWhat he did was barely a criminal offense, breaking terms of service should not warrant jail time. If it does then we are ALL guilty of the same "crimes" as Swartz, including you.