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Re: Why Aaron died

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Post by danso »

epo wrote: post #2

Jeez, you people are scum! Stop with the karma whoring on this guy's death.

The OP is dated today and contains a worthwhile perspective on the circumstances of Aaron's death, if his partner can be considered having a worthwhile perspective. I'm glad this was posted and not a link to some blogspam summarizing Taren's thoughts.

Re: Why Aaron died

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Post by d0m »

The last sentences makes me think:

  Ask yourself this: If on January 10, Steve Heymann and Carmen Ortiz at 
  the Massachusetts US Attorney’s office had called Aaron’s lawyer and said
  they’d realized their mistake and that they were dropping all charges — or
  even for that matter that they were ready to offer a reasonable plea deal
  that wouldn’t have marked Aaron as a felon for the rest of his life — would  
  Aaron have killed himself on January 11?
  
  The answer is unquestionably no.
Is it really, unquestionably, no? If for two years he was enjoying life (As the OP explained) and that he was actively working on a new project (Again as the OP explained), I find it very odd that he committed suicide because of the charges.

It has to have a straw that broke the camel's back. Oh well, I guess so. Or I don't know. But I find it very sad.

Re: Why Aaron died

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Post by cma »

d0m wrote: post #7

The last sentences makes me think: Ask yourself this: If on January 10, Steve Heymann and Carmen Ortiz at the Massachusetts US Attorney’s office had called Aaron’s lawyer and said they’d realized their mistake and that they were dropping all charges — or even for that matter that they were ready to offer a reasonable plea deal that wouldn’t have marked Aaron as a felon for the rest of his life — would Aaron have kill…

The day the killed himself was the anniversary of his arrest.

Re: Why Aaron died

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Post by rayiner »

Aaron died because he killed himself. He was the proximate cause of his own death so to speak. Are there other factors without which he wouldn't have killed himself? Indeed, there are an infinite number of them. An infinite number of things could have happened to change the course of his life. Indeed, ultimately you can trace the blame all the way back to his parents (depression is quite heritable): http://depressiongenetics.stanford.edu/mddandgenes.html
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