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Lets not forget he broke the law wether you or I think that what he did was for the benefit for good of the people or not. Laws are laws and what do I tell my c

Lets not forget he broke the law wether you or I think that what he did was for the benefit for good of the people or not. Laws are laws and what do I tell my children it's ok to break the law if your an activist. Making a saint out of basically a criminal because he believed in Internet freedom is insane. Who did this guy think he was Robin Hood. I think healthcare should be free should I steal money and give it to those without insurance. No, I can tell you this no person in government has the right to do anything but uphold the law. If the laws aren't right that is another conversation. Thousands of people are in jail for pot and I think it should be legal, but I'm not going to kill myself to try to get the law changed that's just stupid.

BrokenPipe 14y ago
I'm not sure your rhetoric would stick much here on HN. I think this is trolling but I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. The laws he may have broken are not necessarily the ones he has been charged with, this is partly why it has been called persecution overreach. Breaking immoral laws is our moral obligation, there is no other way around it. Would you expect anything less if I were to enact a law that made your children sexual slave ? Would you expect anything less if someone were to take public funded research and locked it up behind huge and crazy paywall without any competition ? Huge costs for things that are in the public domain, from a copyright prospective, but that JSTOR tried to keep that as a profit center. They are the one stealing from the public and akin to companies like the MAFIAA at that. If you think healthcare should be socialized then go and tell your politician and fight back with the groups that share your convictions. In my mind he broke very little laws and this is a crazy overreaction from the persecution. Damn you may well be a troll with your trolling attitude and 11 minutes old account (mine is only a few days old).

BrokenPipe 14y ago

I'm not sure your rhetoric would stick much here on HN. I think this is trolling but I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. The laws he may have broken are not necessarily the ones he has been charged with, this is partly why it has been called persecution overreach. Breaking immoral laws is our moral obligation, there is no other way around it. Would you expect anything less if I were to enact a law that made your children sexual slave ? Would you expect anything less if someone were to take public funded research and locked it up behind huge and crazy paywall without any competition ? Huge costs for things that are in the public domain, from a copyright prospective, but that JSTOR tried to keep that as a profit center. They are the one stealing from the public and akin to companies like the MAFIAA at that. If you think healthcare should be socialized then go and tell your politician and fight back with the groups that share your convictions. In my mind he broke very little laws and this is a crazy overreaction from the persecution. Damn you may well be a troll with your trolling attitude and 11 minutes old account (mine is only a few days old).