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jraphtoday at 4:00 PM1 replyview on HN

The parent comment highlights the double standards, they are not campaigning for pushing people to suicide. This is a strawman.

Yeah, this double standards thing is profoundly unjust.


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pixl97today at 4:59 PM

I disagree.

>To allow the Altmans and Amodeis of the world to escape the kinds of consequences that Swartz could not ... would be the height of injustice.

Simply put, he's demanding two injustices. Let's break this down with a imaginary law.

"If you do not wear your hat you will be beheaded. This includes the poorest man and the king himself".

In OPs definition, this kind of equality is justice. But I do not consider this justice at all, simply equality.

"If you do not wear your hat you will be fined $1. This includes the poorest man and the king himself".

This is something much more close to justice as the punishment fits the crime.

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