John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

Post by azernik » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 3:58 AM UTC

amanaplanacanal wrote: post #729

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It's a logical standard. You can't prove a negative (ie that you didn't do something and thus are innocent), so the burden of proof must always be on those making a claim to show that it is true. While it might not be as dangerous for the gossip column to employ fallacious reasoning as it would be for a court of law, that doesn't stop it from being wrong.

Outside the courtroom everybody makes judgements based on the balance of evidence, because we can’t possibly know enough facts to pass the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard.

Post by Me1000 » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 4:07 AM UTC

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It should absolutely be discounted. There's literally no evidence suggesting he was murdered. He was about to be extradited, the US Government was well on their way to making an example of him. There was no incentive to murder him.

"There's literally no evidence suggesting he was murdered." I mean, he did get a tattoo saying if he was found dead while in custody he had been murdered. But do go on...

Post by FractalHQ » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 4:10 AM UTC

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The guys been in prison before and seemed to enjoy it, posted pictures from prison in the dominican republic which is way worse than spanish prison. The guy talked about being content a week ago, "I'm old and content with food and a bed", he felt bad for the young people who were afraid of prison. He was still able to tweet and enjoyed interacting with people. If you think he killed himself, you don't understand how…

> If you think he killed himself, you don't understand how humans work, plain and simple. Suicide doesn't involve humans working as they should, and anyone who pretends to understand suicide, or understand what motivates people to kill themselves, or believes anyone to be incapable of killing themself, is mistaken. I hope you never find out how mistaken you are.

Post by space_rock » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 4:13 AM UTC

chpmrc wrote: post #183

gkoberger wrote: post #32

I feel like a lot of people in this thread are forgetting he likely killed his neighbor in 2012 and has been on the run since. I mean, sure he built some antivirus software a few decades ago, but I don't think he deserves the eulogies he's getting here. He's not tech's Hunter S. Thompson; he's a murderer who spent the last years of his life screwing over people with crypto scams.

> he likely killed his neighbor > he's a murderer who spent the last years of his life screwing over people with crypto scams Well, that escalated quickly.

Post by space_rock » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 4:15 AM UTC

uncletammy wrote: post #77

gkoberger wrote: post #32

I feel like a lot of people in this thread are forgetting he likely killed his neighbor in 2012 and has been on the run since. I mean, sure he built some antivirus software a few decades ago, but I don't think he deserves the eulogies he's getting here. He's not tech's Hunter S. Thompson; he's a murderer who spent the last years of his life screwing over people with crypto scams.

> I feel like a lot of people in this thread are forgetting he likely killed his neighbor in 2012 and has been on the run since. In America, we're supposed to be considered innocent until proven guilty. It's a shame it really only takes an accusation.