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Mutt · 05-31-2015, 06:40 AM

That Wired article needs to be made into a feature film. I do believe the guy believed himself to be a revolutionary, totally got swept away and came to believe his cause justified even murder.

He started out your basic bright kid with a libertarian philosophy looking to be a big success in business, the overnight success of Silk Road went to his head and because it had to be a secret his whole life was lived online in the company of sycophants which led even more grandiosity. I didn't follow the trial but it seems like the defense should have presented him as suffering from a serious personality disorder.

I don't condone what he did but it's long overdue that we decriminalize drugs, we've failed miserably and created violent criminals locally and globally meanwhile the rest of us getting no benefit from the taxes that could be collected. If he had done this without taking anything for himself other than paying for the costs to run the operation, and not paid for hits on several people, as scummy as they were, I'd admire him. But he wasn't the pure idealist he deluded himself he was, they rarely are. So I don't have much sympathy for him.

05-31-2015, 06:40 AM
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	That Wired article needs to be made into a feature film. I do believe the guy believed himself to be a revolutionary, totally got swept away and came to believe his cause justified even murder. He started out your basic bright kid with a libertarian philosophy looking to be a big success in business, the overnight success of Silk Road went to his head and because it had to be a secret his whole life was lived online in the company of sycophants which led even more grandiosity. I didn't follow the trial but it seems like the defense should have presented him as suffering from a serious personality disorder. I don't condone what he did but it's long overdue that we decriminalize drugs, we've failed miserably and created violent criminals locally and globally meanwhile the rest of us getting no benefit from the taxes that could be collected. If he had done this without taking anything for himself other than paying for the costs to run the operation, and not paid for hits on several people, as scummy as they were, I'd admire him. But he wasn't the pure idealist he deluded himself he was, they rarely are. So I don't have much sympathy for him. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!