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Maybe it's worth hearing Aaron's own words to understand the folly of attacking this one person: When you’re upset with someone, all you want to do is change t
by numbsafari 14y ago
Maybe it's worth hearing Aaron's own words to understand the folly of attacking this one person:
When you’re upset with someone, all you want to do is change the way they’re acting. But you can’t control what’s inside a person’s head. Yelling at them isn’t going to make them come around, it’s just going to make them more defiant, like the GM workers who keyed the cars they made.
No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough.
-- http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/nummi http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/nummi
You want to fix how she behaves. Instead, change everything else. Change the system she operated in. There's a way to do that without violence, either physical or "cyber".
- AnthonyMouse 14y agoYou won't find me in disagreement with a campaign to change or repeal the CFAA and similar laws. But I think you mistake the point of attempts to remove these prosecutors. It isn't about them as individuals, it's about them as symbols of the broken system they represent. I would not be surprised to learn that the average prosecutor would have done exactly what these ones did, but that's the issue. You can't be a saint while working in a factory whose product is human imprisonment. We need to shut down the factory and turn it back into a justice system, and in the meantime disgorging a high profile offender can serve as a warning to the others -- that seems like something prosecutors should be able to relate to.
- numbsafari 14y agoSo you want to make an example of the prosecutors for trying to make an example out of Aaron Swartz?
- CamperBob2 14y agoThe goal is to make the next politically-motivated prosecutor think twice before unleashing hell on some kid. Right now the only feedback these asshats ever see is positive. That leads to an unstable system.
- numbsafari 14y agoDon't you think their goal was to make the next politically-motivated hacktivist think twice before unleashing hell on some university, business or individual?
- CamperBob2 14y agoSure. It's all fun and games for the prosecutor until someone fights back.