Aaron Swartz Remembered as Internet Activist who Changed the World
Aaron Swartz's funeral was held on Tuesday to a packed crowd in Highland Park, his hometown.
Aaron Swartz’s funeral on Tuesday had two recurring messages — the brilliance and impact on the world that the Internet activist had in his 26 years, and the fault of the government in his death. “Aaron wanted so badly to change the world — more than money, more than fame. … He believed you had to see the world the way it really is in order to change it,” Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, Swartz’s partner, said in a speech at the funeral. Get local news in a daily email from Patch. It's like getting a free newspaper. Learn more. Swartz, a Highland Park native and North Shore Country Day alum, was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment on Friday in an apparent suicide. Swartz had been an Internet pioneer since high school, when he helped to …
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J.Lyn
10:54 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Do you seriously believe that Aaron's parents ever WANTED to go on T.V. after the death of their child. I am sure that is the very last thing any parent would WANT to do...ever. Oh...I am ready for the comments...but I will never like them...therefore I too speak my mind. Unless you are a member of the Swartz family or have intimate knowledge of the situation Aaron found himself in or even … more ›