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Comment by rada | Hacker News Reader

Just a few months ago, Linus Torvalds urged "mentally diseased" people to kill themselves over printer security and now, he is a Crusader Against Bullies Who Make People Kill Themselves. Bacteria have more self-awareness than this.

In Linus's own words, "here are the sources, so that people can compare them for themselves".

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LinusTorvalds/posts/1vyfmNCYpi5

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LinusTorvalds/posts/ggzfzKyrcRQ

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I think that there is a difference between a US attorney saying that someone faces up to 35 years in prison and pushing for it for years, and a software developer, however influential, making an offhand and clearly exaggerated comment that a writer of bad software should kill themselves.

Is this kind of analysis a hacker culture. If this is so I am beginning to hate hackers.

Come on, just do not analyse things from 1s and 0s. Put some emotions into place as well.

How can you compare Linus commenting on a thread and Ms Ortiz threatening a 26 yr old kid through illegal means (yes I wish this kind of dealing becomes illegal).

This comment is disgusting.

He is not a "Crusader Against Bullies", he is complaining that a US attorney is lying, irrelevant of what said attorney lying is about.

There's a huge difference between having the power of Ortiz -- in effect, a gun pointed at Aaron saying "come to jail peacefully or die resisting arrest, your choice" -- and Linus tossing off remarks he's obviously not going to implement.

Really what Linus hates are stupid people so he spouts off about them from time to time. E.g. like those who can't see the difference between a harsh remark and actual bullying. If he read your remark we might see some fireworks.

Oh please. There is fantasy land and then there is reality. Press releases are not guns. White-collar criminals do not die resisting arrest. And internet bullies like Torvalds cause way more suicides than prosecutors like Ortiz.

You are a profoundly confused person.

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