Anonymous Hijacks Federal Website Over Aaron Swartz Suicide

I think the real issue is that everyone (both Hacker News types and the public at large) has, up until now, been far too complacent about computer law and the justice system in general.

We should be making this much noise more often.

It's not really coverage of his suicide that this site and the tech community is concerned with, to be clear. It's his life and the significance of him not being around anymore that is the focus. Aaron meant a lot to this community as he stood in and stood for the ethos and practices of the community of Internet users and workers.

He was a prolific writer and practitioner on issues that concern this community very much. He was also a sheer phenomenon in himself in that he grew with the growth of the world wide web and espoused and embodied many of it's inherent virtues and values to society. There is also a pretty strong narrative going that his untimely passing is a close consequence of his beliefs, which influenced many in this sphere (and also those outside of it, who might not even have known him at all).

I don't think you're being disrespectful or callous. Perhaps you're curious, though. The outpouring of information, discussion and attention is in and of itself an indication that this is a very big deal to many here and that it is important to keep this discussion alive and it might be useful to dig into it and see what is being said of all this.

Well no, if you've been paying any attention there are plenty of people who are concerned for the amount of concern being shown by others. However, by the same token that you and others are saying people shouldn't be giving it that much attention, why should anybody care what you and they think about the level and qualities of the commentary?

That is, what good does receiving an answer to your question do?

I don't think you deserve flame at all. I agree partly that his suicide has been covered too much, but then I remember how it's not really about the suicide, more so about what every other reply to your comment mentions, which is the law. I wish there was a way for his name to not be plastered all over regarding the cruel punishment of hackers, but unfortunately his name is the only one that chimes the bell. Think Les Miserables, the bread was so small, yet changed everything; the problem was not in the man, but in the law.

Personally, I believe his death, sorry life, is way more important than any startup or ideas we have had here. It is the very nature of who we are and what we lost. Martyr.

I think its just that in certain spheres/communities, certain events or stories have precedence. It should probably be expected for this story to be covered extensively in tech-spheres among some other niches.

I think the reason for the response to Aaron's suicide is that people are finally opening their eyes to the behavior of our government. Justice is no longer the prerogative of our legal system. This has to change.

The guy killed himself for something greater then you. So what are you standing for anyway?

As far from as I see you're just saying a bunch of words instead of doing something meaningful like he did.

Man up or shut up.