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Perhaps someone could explain or confirm how anyone really knows that this is actually the "official" statement of the family and partners of Aaron. I understan

by larrys 14y ago

Perhaps someone could explain or confirm how anyone really knows that this is actually the "official" statement of the family and partners of Aaron. I understand that this was linked to in some major media, but I can find any way of determining that by the page itself or in any of the stories linking to it. There isn't any contact info and the domain name (which redirects there) was registered by this person: Domain name: rememberaaronsw.com Registrant Contact: Brian Guthrie () 179 Stockwell Dr Mountain View, CA 94043 US As I've mentioned in a comment elsewhere it seems odd to me that all these people got together and got this up so quickly after such a shocking event. Here is one of the stories linked to it that doesn't verify the source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/01/online-activist-aaron-swartz-26-found-dead/ http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/01/online-activi...

nwh 14y ago
Guthrie seems to be a friend. Presumably he is working as a proxy. > I've registered rememberaaronsw.com on behalf of Aaron's family, with whom we're in touch. Please do not be alarmed. https://twitter.com/bguthrie/status/290220755642359808 https://twitter.com/bguthrie/status/290220755642359808
bguthrie 14y ago
I was a colleague of Aaron's at ThoughtWorks (he joined early last year), and, I hope, a friend. We're devastated by his loss. For a history of the work he was doing over the last year, check https://github.com/victorykit/victorykit https://github.com/victorykit/victorykit. We're in close contact with Aaron's family and partner Taren. You can take my word for it or not, I guess, but the site and the statement are official.
- jacquesm 14y ago
  Thank you Brian, for all you're doing in what must be incredibly hard times. I can't begin to express how this all makes me feel, it will take weeks to sort it all out I'm still too stunned to properly react. What a terrible loss. I have a short list of people that I think I've identified that will change the world in a material way, Aaron was at the top of that list. The fact that we persecute such people rather than give them the benefit of the doubt and encourage them to right what is obviously wrong is what bothers me most, the one thing that stands out for me about Aaron at the moment is that he consistently came down on the right side of any argument.
jacquesm 14y ago
It would be gracious of you if you stopped questioning each and every bit about this story that doesn't mesh with your paranoid fantasies. What would it take for you to be satisfied? Birth certificates? Passport copies? Take it for what it is or prove that it isn't until you have proof that it is not have the good grace to be quiet and let these people grieve without adding insult to injury. Enough damage has been done I would say.
- larrys 14y ago
  "mesh with your paranoid fantasies" You're being a bully. Sorry but I stand behind what I said which brings up a realistic question given the way the information was presented and that lack of contact info (at the time I viewed the page). You can choose to be trusting and you could very well be correct. I'm just asking a question.
  - jacquesm 14y ago
    > I'm just asking a question. No, you are casting doubt. Re-read what you wrote. There is a question in there but a lot more besides.
  - dinkumthinkum 14y ago
    In reality, they kind of were paranoid fantasies or delusions. It's ok.

by larrys 14y ago

nwh 14y ago

Guthrie seems to be a friend. Presumably he is working as a proxy. > I've registered rememberaaronsw.com on behalf of Aaron's family, with whom we're in touch. Please do not be alarmed. https://twitter.com/bguthrie/status/290220755642359808 https://twitter.com/bguthrie/status/290220755642359808

bguthrie 14y ago

I was a colleague of Aaron's at ThoughtWorks (he joined early last year), and, I hope, a friend. We're devastated by his loss. For a history of the work he was doing over the last year, check https://github.com/victorykit/victorykit https://github.com/victorykit/victorykit. We're in close contact with Aaron's family and partner Taren. You can take my word for it or not, I guess, but the site and the statement are official.

jacquesm 14y ago
Thank you Brian, for all you're doing in what must be incredibly hard times. I can't begin to express how this all makes me feel, it will take weeks to sort it all out I'm still too stunned to properly react. What a terrible loss. I have a short list of people that I think I've identified that will change the world in a material way, Aaron was at the top of that list. The fact that we persecute such people rather than give them the benefit of the doubt and encourage them to right what is obviously wrong is what bothers me most, the one thing that stands out for me about Aaron at the moment is that he consistently came down on the right side of any argument.

jacquesm 14y ago

It would be gracious of you if you stopped questioning each and every bit about this story that doesn't mesh with your paranoid fantasies. What would it take for you to be satisfied? Birth certificates? Passport copies? Take it for what it is or prove that it isn't until you have proof that it is not have the good grace to be quiet and let these people grieve without adding insult to injury. Enough damage has been done I would say.

larrys 14y ago
"mesh with your paranoid fantasies" You're being a bully. Sorry but I stand behind what I said which brings up a realistic question given the way the information was presented and that lack of contact info (at the time I viewed the page). You can choose to be trusting and you could very well be correct. I'm just asking a question.
- jacquesm 14y ago
  > I'm just asking a question. No, you are casting doubt. Re-read what you wrote. There is a question in there but a lot more besides.
- dinkumthinkum 14y ago
  In reality, they kind of were paranoid fantasies or delusions. It's ok.