reddit co-founder and online activist AARON SWARTZ dead at 26 years old

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http://mashable.com/2013/01/12/aaron-swartz-suicide/

Aaron Swartz, online activist and founder of Infogami, a service later merged with Reddit, committed suicide in New York City on Jan. 11, the Tech reports. The news was revealed to the Tech by Swartz's uncle Michael Wolf and confirmed by Swartz’s attorney, Elliot R. Peters. “The tragic and heartbreaking information you received is, regrettably, true,” said Peters. Born in 1986, Swartz co-authored the first specification of RSS when he was 14. He also started Infogami, a service funded by Y Combinator that was later merged with social networking site Reddit. Swartz also co-founded Demand Progress, an advocacy group that rallies people "to take action on the news that affects them — by contacting Congress and other leaders, funding pressure tactics, and spreading the word in their own communities." In July 2011, Swartz was arrested for allegedly harvesting 4 million academic papers from the JSTOR online journal archive. He appeared in court in Sept. 2012, pleading not guilty. A blog post from 2007 on Swartz's website reveals a possible cause for taking his own life: depression. In the post, Swartz describes his experiences with severe depression, as well as several other health issues, including migraines.

 

[antidope]

R.I.P
 

 

[gatzbygordon]

i was just looking and didnt see this mentioned anywhere..good stuff OP.

how sad, dude was facing decades of federal time and ridiculous fines..

these articles he took were available to MIT students he was just going to make em all accesible to others..

MIT took them back and dropped the charges i believe, but i guess they just wanted to make an example out of him..

R.I.P

 

[currensy]

R.I.P

 

 

[00david00]

RIP

 

[lambeauleap85]

Rest in peace brother

 

[iYen]

Rip

 

[coolgraymemo]

rip

 

[unknwn]

Rest in peace man...

taking your own life is NEVER justified...

 

[unsuited]

its death. its sad, especially when they were contributing to society as such. R.I.P

 

[atlien seeko]

Damn

That's unfortunate. I'm sorry to hear.

 

[rctheeye]

i hope he pulled the trigger or he did it himself due to his own free will

 

[Bert.]

RIP

 

[sonunox34]

Brilliant yet troubled souls. So many of them.

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

Rest in peace.

 

[SteveSteve72]

This maybe wrong but i never feel bad for people that committ suicide.

 

[Clyde Frog]

This maybe wrong but i never feel bad for people that committ suicide.

Well it is.

Would you ever think of committing suicide? Do you think you could do it?

Well then imagine what someone was going through to actually do it. Imagine how miserable they were. How sad they were or how angry. Imagine the thought of never being happy...ever...forever. Think about happiness, and think about the thought of never having it.

Your living life as a human being right now. I think your underestimating how miserable one must feel to take away your own life. Just think about it. Think about how hard it would be to end your life and imagine what it would take for you as an individual to follow through with. Well they actually felt that. Do you still not feel bad?

I'm going to assume you don't feel bad because its a **** move to those who love you right? Well it's your life not theirs, and you didn't have the choice to live. You don't have a choice to who loves you or who you love. You don't even have a choice not to die, it's gonna happen eventually. If you were to decide to just leave everything behind and move across the world, and experience the world do you think that would be a **** move to those who love you? Cause you just left them to see the world while they stay back at home. Other than the thought of being gone forever I don't see the difference. But we're all eventually gonna be gone... Who are you to judge when someone decides to leave when it's their life?

For the record I'm not being hostile towards you in any way. Just trying to give some perspective. I had a good friend who committed suicide so I've thought about it. I can see why people think its selfish or whatever. But I think it's wrong to not feel bad for someone who committed suice because its "selfish" By you saying that it only shows that you are indeed the one who is selfish not the person who commited suicide because you're worrying about your own feelings more than the person who had it so bad that they were willing to take their own life. You think the loved one has it worse because they have to deal with that persosn death? How do they have it worse than the person who killed themself and is no longer living? Unless you commit suicide yourself then trust me you don't have it as bad as someone who did.

Again not yelling or being hostile. Just trying to give some perspective.

 

[knowledgebones72]

This maybe wrong but i never feel bad for people that committ suicide.

you ever really wanted to murder someone? like, to the point where you plan it out and are down to execute that plan? I doubt it.

Now take the hatred and pain it takes to feel this way, and direct it toward yourself, and imagine how that feels.

Imagine taking an inventory of your belongings and giving them away because you are sure will never have a use for them.

Imagine practicing various techniques to withstand the pain of or facilitate the smoothest transition to death.

Imagine punching yourself in the face throughout the day when no one can see what you're doing. Imagine cutting up your wrists and being glad its winter so no one can see the scars.

Imagine setting your own death as a goal that will benefit not only you but your loved ones.

Imagine being certain that you only deserve bad things, and that if a thing is good then you must stay away from it because not only do you not deserve it, but if you get too close you will make it into a bad thing.

Imagine going to bed at night, and every dream you have consists of people you love, admire, respect, telling you that God does not love you and that you will never deserve his love. Not because you are cruel, but because you are defective.

If you don't feel bad for a person that has those kind of demons, then you just don't have a soul.

 

[dt43]

This maybe wrong but i never feel bad for people that committ suicide.

That's because you assume that people who commit suicide are in the same mindset as everyday people. They aren't.

You don't just up and decide to end your life like that. To actually get to that point means you must be in a very dark place mentally. Not something I would wish on anyone.

 

[mytmouse76]

Brilliant yet troubled souls. So many of them.

so true

 

[degenerate423]

RIP

...

 

[MetalMario]

Brilliant yet troubled souls. So many of them.

 

[SteveSteve72]

Well it is.

Would you ever think of committing suicide? Do you think you could do it?

Well then imagine what someone was going through to actually do it. Imagine how miserable they were. How sad they were or how angry. Imagine the thought of never being happy...ever...forever. Think about happiness, and think about the thought of never having it.

Your living life as a human being right now. I think your underestimating how miserable one must feel to take away your own life. Just think about it. Think about how hard it would be to end your life and imagine what it would take for you as an individual to follow through with. Well they actually felt that. Do you still not feel bad?

I'm going to assume you don't feel bad because its a **** move to those who love you right? Well it's your life not theirs, and you didn't have the choice to live. You don't have a choice to who loves you or who you love. You don't even have a choice not to die, it's gonna happen eventually. If you were to decide to just leave everything behind and move across the world, and experience the world do you think that would be a **** move to those who love you? Cause you just left them to see the world while they stay back at home. Other than the thought of being gone forever I don't see the difference. But we're all eventually gonna be gone... Who are you to judge when someone decides to leave when it's their life?

For the record I'm not being hostile towards you in any way. Just trying to give some perspective. I had a good friend who committed suicide so I've thought about it. I can see why people think its selfish or whatever. But I think it's wrong to not feel bad for someone who committed suice because its "selfish" By you saying that it only shows that you are indeed the one who is selfish not the person who commited suicide because you're worrying about your own feelings more than the person who had it so bad that they were willing to take their own life. You think the loved one has it worse because they have to deal with that persosn death? How do they have it worse than the person who killed themself and is no longer living? Unless you commit suicide yourself then trust me you don't have it as bad as someone who did.

Again not yelling or being hostile. Just trying to give some perspective.

first i want to say im sorry about your friend. you make great points and made me think alot, but i dont feel bad because this person wanted to die so why should I feel bad? its what they wanted. that does not make selfish

 

[knowledgebones72]

Well it is.

Would you ever think of committing suicide? Do you think you could do it?

Well then imagine what someone was going through to actually do it. Imagine how miserable they were. How sad they were or how angry. Imagine the thought of never being happy...ever...forever. Think about happiness, and think about the thought of never having it.

Your living life as a human being right now. I think your underestimating how miserable one must feel to take away your own life. Just think about it. Think about how hard it would be to end your life and imagine what it would take for you as an individual to follow through with. Well they actually felt that. Do you still not feel bad?

I'm going to assume you don't feel bad because its a **** move to those who love you right? Well it's your life not theirs, and you didn't have the choice to live. You don't have a choice to who loves you or who you love. You don't even have a choice not to die, it's gonna happen eventually. If you were to decide to just leave everything behind and move across the world, and experience the world do you think that would be a **** move to those who love you? Cause you just left them to see the world while they stay back at home. Other than the thought of being gone forever I don't see the difference. But we're all eventually gonna be gone... Who are you to judge when someone decides to leave when it's their life?

For the record I'm not being hostile towards you in any way. Just trying to give some perspective. I had a good friend who committed suicide so I've thought about it. I can see why people think its selfish or whatever. But I think it's wrong to not feel bad for someone who committed suice because its "selfish" By you saying that it only shows that you are indeed the one who is selfish not the person who commited suicide because you're worrying about your own feelings more than the person who had it so bad that they were willing to take their own life. You think the loved one has it worse because they have to deal with that persosn death? How do they have it worse than the person who killed themself and is no longer living? Unless you commit suicide yourself then trust me you don't have it as bad as someone who did.

Again not yelling or being hostile. Just trying to give some perspective.

first i want to say im sorry about your friend. you make great points and made me think alot, but i dont feel bad because this person wanted to die so why should I feel bad? its what they wanted. that does not make selfish

bruh you're not sorry. don't say that. you don't have to try to feel better about yourself by telling someone you're a good person. that negated your entire stance. what is it they wanted, in your opinion?

 

[bleach]

first i want to say im sorry about your friend. you make great points and made me think alot, but i dont feel bad because this person wanted to die so why should I feel bad? its what they wanted. that does not make selfish

i kind of agree with you

then there's the fact that there are people around the world who's entire existence is based on day to day survival

to kill yourself because you're "depressed" just seems petty when i think about it in those terms