Each person can make up their own mind on how stupid or cool he was to post status updates while running from the law.
What cannot be argued, however, is how stupid he was to escape in the first place when he was very close to being done with a 7 year sentence. Now he's sure to get several years tacked on.
Perhaps that's what he wants though? Maybe he's one of those people who don't want to live outside of prison...?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell