Thanks for posting the article. I read the part where he blogged about his beliefs, and while his views on small government are good, his relative morality statement was appalling to me. (There is no “good” or “bad”)
Normally when I hear these things in this context, my first inclination is to regard the child pornography as a frame-up, but it was clear to me he knew stuff was being stored on there.
If I had a server and allowed people to store files on there, I would damn sure not allow them to store things like that, because it then becomes mine, and no amount of excuses are going to change anyone’s mind, and definitely not legal minds.
Given that he is an IT professional, I find it amazing and unbelievable he had that attitude.
I generally try to respect some of the views of libertarians since there are some aspects I appreciate, but people like him repel me and make that harder to do.
He was a student , about 20 I think then. Either or there’s more to this than meets the eye to be sure.