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by radmuzom
4242 days ago
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That is because people tend to make noise only when "one of our own" has been unjustly treated. I am left of centre politically, and this is not limited to the right or left but everyone. I am pretty sure Aaron Swartz was not the first reasonably well-known person forced to take his own life, but no one cares unless they feel threatened. For example, there is so much "outrage" here based on discussions about Silk Road, but no one discussed the countless families destroyed everyday due to the war on drugs. |
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This is possibly the single most frequent topic of discussion on HN (along with performance optimization :-)).
Perhaps there was a post or two about Silk Road in which it wasn't discussed, but it doesn't take much to get it going around here.