<story><title>Still More About The Death Of Aaron Swartz</title><url>http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/aaron-swartz-case-011713</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cbs</author><text>I think this article speaks to why the case is getting so much attention.  Lets presume for the sake of argument the trial didn&apos;t contribute to the suicide in the slightest.  But it did cause us to look at the case, and you can&apos;t just un-see the fact that maybe you&apos;re not entirely comfortable with the way justice is being carried out in your name.&lt;p&gt;We tend to trust in our legal system, one way or another.  Even if that way is by ignoring it and assuming everything will sort itself out.  Events like Aaron&apos;s suicide put it on your radar in a way that makes some of the public sit up and reexamine whether or not the power we have entrusted in others, to carry out our buisness, is being exercised as we would like it to be.&lt;p&gt;Something smells like bullshit about the case, and just because a prosecutor with political ambition can issue a cover-your-ass statement isn&apos;t entirely comforting when faced with the convoluted web that extends beyond her to the entire nature of justice in the country.&lt;p&gt;Welcome to being a citizen in a democracy, please stay engaged beyond this single case.&lt;p&gt;edited: speeling</text></comment>
<story><title>Still More About The Death Of Aaron Swartz</title><url>http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/aaron-swartz-case-011713</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dasht</author><text>A focus on the prosecutor helps distract attention from the question of whether and how Swartz was mistreated by being made a (somewhat artificial) &quot;tech celebrity&quot; at a very young age only to become a kind of semi-outcast in some tech circles just a few years later.</text></comment>