"This Is the MIT Surveillance Video That Undid Aaron Swartz"
A video didn't undo Aaron Swartz.
People undid Aaron Swartz. People with agendas and without compassion using a system of justice stacked in their favor.
A video didn't undo Aaron Swartz.
People undid Aaron Swartz. People with agendas and without compassion using a system of justice stacked in their favor.
Yes injustice is all around. A lot of people have been convicted for murders they have not done, later released because of new DNA evidence. These people have been in jail for decades, falsely imprisoned, and while released, their name probably never clean, but hey ...still alive.. Guess they had some sort of outlook.
Aaron was facing charges for something he knew he did was against the law, but he didn't accept the world where that thing he did was against the law.
So he took his own life.
"His jury trial was looming when Swartz took his own life in January, 2013.
MIT faced a firestorm of criticism in the wake of Swartz’s suicide. Critics, including Swartz’s family and prominent MIT alumni, said the institution betrayed its own principles by not advocating for less harsh treatment of Swartz."
I can't see how "undid" would point to anything other than his "not being here". His presence being undone. His life being undone. If he would have been incarcerated for life, I don't think Kevin would use the word "undid". He would print "Free Aaron" stickers, and getting the word out that this fight should not be over.
I've actually never seen this wording being used ever, so for me it seemed quite similar to "doing someone". Yes that also means "screwing someone over" but for me, when reading "undid" a quote from the movie Trainspotting came to mind.
"Begbie didn't do drugs either. He just did people" and that involved a knife usually.
/edit: Considering the dictionary's definition I will hereby withdraw my suspect of any intent by the author to suggest that another person or entity was responsible for Aaron's death :)
I see that all of your HN story submissions are marked [dead] as soon as you submit them. Do you know why that is happening to you? It started happening to me a couple of days ago without any explanation.
Looking back through your history, the last 129 submissions are all [dead] it changed right between #129 and #130.
Your #130 was "Startup - Bill Watterson, a cartoonist's advice" which got 192 karma points, but starting with #129 "Brilliant Resource on Typography (practicaltypography.com)" posted one day later, everything is marked [dead].