Aaron Swartz's suicide - a 'stop-that-ado' article and a reply

IN one The Telegraph blog, Brendan O'Neill points fingers to those who "politicize isolated suicides", what he sees as "cowardice", adding that changes in law or policy resulting from those  campaigns are a "terrible idea".

As to the suicide of Aaron Swartz specifically, the author dares to surpass himself in bad taste by, making associations with Swartz's expertise, asserting that those who play honor treat "him [Swartz] as an automaton who was programmed to self-destruct by evil people in authority". The article tries to convince that there is only one to blame for the tragedy: Aaron himself.

We have commented on that as follows:

It takes some courage to point out that a suicide is a "conscious act". Is someone similarly "conscious" just after hitting his knee against the leg of his desk?
It was not quite wise to suggest that "more people" is somewhow equivalent to Aaron Swartz, whom I regret not having ever met. By stressing "isolated suicides",  it is implied that you do not actually believe those 'more people'  (prone to commit suicide) exist.
There is some sense in feeling uncomfortable with "political martyrs". We all know how Jesus dead turned out to be more threatening than he himself alive. A way to soothe that revolt is to create a heroe or saint, just the opposite of what you assert. But saints or heroes are not equally adored. And that your confusing text is proof of.