I'm wondering if you would say the same about Bradley Manning were he to commit suicide. I definitely see the point you're making, and I've made it in the past

I'm wondering if you would say the same about Bradley Manning were he to commit suicide. I definitely see the point you're making, and I've made it in the past myself with similar issues, but when your world has crumpled down around you and there's no escape, and people are actively trying to lock you in a cell for as long as they can, I don't think it necessarily requires a very troubled mind to weigh your options there. His death shouldn't be seen so much as a cause and effect so much as a wake up call that acting in the way MIT, JSTOR, and the government did isn't right and is hurting people in ways we don't necessarily pay attention to or care about when it's just some small news item about a trial.