Comments:Report: hacker activist Aaron Swartz commits suicide

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RIP Aaron, you will be missed.

Some quotes from his family would be nice. One of the sources said it could be depression. It's terrible that a prodigy like him turned into hacktivism and eventually took his own life.

The family blames prosecution overreach

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/12/3870500/aaron-swartz-family-statement-blames-reddit-suicide-on-government

not enough information such as pictures,videos it is not a detailed site so if u wish to attract more viewers u are lacking the most beneficail so it wont attract viewers if u don't put in the necessary resources for us learners to acknowldege

fuck. --ragesoss (talk) 18:24, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, the brevity of that pretty much sums up my feelings. We have so few great people who get it...