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[–] ratman150 55 points 6 months ago (24 children)

I am unfamiliar with this historical event, care to explain?

[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago (18 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

He was arrested for bulk downloading PDFs?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

he was arrested to make an example.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

In the same way that whistleblowing or "leaking" evidence of a crime is punished far more severely than any crime. It's basically a death sentence.

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