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OP, how do you propose that Bitcoin be shut down? How would you go about it?

by srib 7y ago

louwrentius 7y ago
I know we can't. But the people involved should stop and do something 'less detrimental' with their lives.
- klibertp 7y ago
  Why do you feel entitled to tell people what they should do? How do you know what value - or lack thereof - people get from using Bitcoin&co., have you checked with them, or is it just theory? Why do you assume your sense of value has to be universal? The 'drugs' traded on the 'deeply depraved' marketplaces save lives and make other lives kind of comfortable even amid a chronic disease. Yes, I mean drugs which should, but for various reasons are not, available in the pharmacy. That's a real use case, do you think it's 'detrimental to society'? Because ill people get a chance to live again? Great thinking. And to top it all off, your post is worded in a purposely confrontational and inflammatory way. It's a flame-bait, and it got flagged and removed from the site because of this. What do you gain by presenting a biased, unoriginal post to the crowd here? If you think you just made a "net benefit for society" - think again. In solitude, please.
  - louwrentius 7y ago
    Yes the title didn't help, a good lesson. Less judgement in titles. You call my post bias and unoriginal, which you can do. But can you answer the core question I pose? And please not with esoteric examples of availability of medicine for chronic diseases which to me raises the question: is that all you can come up with?
    - klibertp 7y ago
      It's not esoteric! It happens. I can't go into details, which should be understandable, but I've seen this happen. People I know and love were able to live freely in the last year of their lives; people I know and love are able to function mostly normally because of the drugs they buy illegally. What, please tell me, is esoteric in this? What exactly? > is that all you can come up with? No, but it's enough to falsify your claims. There are people who get tremendous value out of the 'depraved markets'. That's it. EDIT: typo.
      - louwrentius 7y ago
        It doesn't falsify it. It only shows one or a few examples where just a few people self-report any benefit. And getting medicine through the dark markets is shady as fuck. That kind of example doesn't seem to support the whole crytocurrency stuff with all it's downsides in any way. If that's all you can come up with, all the more reason to shut it down (hypothetically).
        klibertp 7y ago
        > people self-report any benefit And who other than the people is qualified to report whether people benefitted? > And getting medicine through the dark markets is shady as fuck. Are you a Christian? I'm amazed and ask seriously, because I can't imagine much of anything else that would make you spew this much of a nonsense with this much conviction. dang, yes, I know, this is the last post from me, sorry.

OP, how do you propose that Bitcoin be shut down? How would you go about it?

by srib 7y ago

OP, how do you propose that Bitcoin be shut down? How would you go about it?

louwrentius 7y ago

I know we can't. But the people involved should stop and do something 'less detrimental' with their lives.

klibertp 7y ago
Why do you feel entitled to tell people what they should do? How do you know what value - or lack thereof - people get from using Bitcoin&co., have you checked with them, or is it just theory? Why do you assume your sense of value has to be universal? The 'drugs' traded on the 'deeply depraved' marketplaces save lives and make other lives kind of comfortable even amid a chronic disease. Yes, I mean drugs which should, but for various reasons are not, available in the pharmacy. That's a real use case, do you think it's 'detrimental to society'? Because ill people get a chance to live again? Great thinking. And to top it all off, your post is worded in a purposely confrontational and inflammatory way. It's a flame-bait, and it got flagged and removed from the site because of this. What do you gain by presenting a biased, unoriginal post to the crowd here? If you think you just made a "net benefit for society" - think again. In solitude, please.
- louwrentius 7y ago
  Yes the title didn't help, a good lesson. Less judgement in titles. You call my post bias and unoriginal, which you can do. But can you answer the core question I pose? And please not with esoteric examples of availability of medicine for chronic diseases which to me raises the question: is that all you can come up with?
  - klibertp 7y ago
    It's not esoteric! It happens. I can't go into details, which should be understandable, but I've seen this happen. People I know and love were able to live freely in the last year of their lives; people I know and love are able to function mostly normally because of the drugs they buy illegally. What, please tell me, is esoteric in this? What exactly? > is that all you can come up with? No, but it's enough to falsify your claims. There are people who get tremendous value out of the 'depraved markets'. That's it. EDIT: typo.
    - louwrentius 7y ago
      It doesn't falsify it. It only shows one or a few examples where just a few people self-report any benefit. And getting medicine through the dark markets is shady as fuck. That kind of example doesn't seem to support the whole crytocurrency stuff with all it's downsides in any way. If that's all you can come up with, all the more reason to shut it down (hypothetically).
      - klibertp 7y ago
        > people self-report any benefit And who other than the people is qualified to report whether people benefitted? > And getting medicine through the dark markets is shady as fuck. Are you a Christian? I'm amazed and ask seriously, because I can't imagine much of anything else that would make you spew this much of a nonsense with this much conviction. dang, yes, I know, this is the last post from me, sorry.