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Even though he lived a cuestionable life. He was a free man until the end. I respect him for that.

Everyone seems to forget that he likely had his neighbor tortured and killed: https://www.theregister.com/2019/03/20/mcafee_25m_lawsuit_ne...

He's so frequently called "colorful" and "successful". In fact, he was a nutjob who most likely did unspeakable things when he wasn't busy doing just terrible things.

Charisma is a helluva drug.

so is MDPV.

John was "stuffmonger" on a drug forum here: https://www.bluelight.org/xf/threads/hello-and-an-mdpv-quest...

A good summary here: https://www.reddit.com/r/JoeRogan/comments/8utitu/john_mcafe...

Funniest stuff I've read in years. Lit up my mood a bit after the bad news.

This is a community built around aspiring to be a rich freak, what do you expect?

He also raped a business partner.

> He was a free man until the end.

He literally died in jail.

He lived his life the way he wanted and he even decided how to die.

Jail is detention before trial, not imprisonment in a penitentiary.

I wouldn't describe being held in custody pending extradition as "being free". YMMV.

Yes and no. It's not like I'd expect him to carry a cyanide pill and just as he's about to be arrested swallows it to be technically correct.

I think this qualifies "dying free" in spirit since his death means objection to remaining in custody.

Just to be clear: We're saying it's admirable to kill yourself rather than face the consequences of your illegal behavior? That's what we're respecting in this thread?

The man was believed to have committed a litany of offenses including attacking other humans but "he was so respectable because he never let them convict him"?

"Bad rich guy kills himself in pathetic attempt to avoid justice" would be my preferred headline personally.

Isn’t the end result the same: you can’t go anywhere? I wouldn’t call that free.

It is still being held captive against ones will.

Either way it’s questionable if he was “free”.

its interesting to read reflections of people locked up. very often they talk of how we are all in our own forms of jail. freedom is a state of mind.

Hold on. I talk like this and I'm a free man with a good job, good friends, and a good life. Sure, it becomes even more apparent when you are in a cage. But it's true, everyone really is in a cage of their own making. Even worse, being in a cage of someone else's making.

Technically still a free man. No convictions against him as related to the extradition request.

Though they caged his body, his soul was unchained.

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