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Calling him a non-violent first time offender is very odd given the magnitude of what his crimes were. He created a very large scale marketplace for all things
by azinman2 2y ago
Calling him a non-violent first time offender is very odd given the magnitude of what his crimes were. He created a very large scale marketplace for all things illegal. Independent of his own hiring of hit men (hello non-violent?), selling substances that lead to overdoses, guns, bomb making materials, etc is certainly my definition of violent. Then add the scale; I fully agree with life sentence without chance of parole. This pardon is shameful.
- idunnoman1222 2y agoThe silk road did not sell guns and bombs.
- azinman2 2y agoI saw it when it was active.
- gehwartzen 2y agoYup. And just for some context regarding guns at the time; during the years Silk Road was active it was perfectly legal for me (in the state of Virginia) to buy a gun from another citizen cash in hand without ever showing an ID, filling out a BoS, or any paperwork whatsoever.
- etc-hosts 2y agoI don't understand why people keep stating Silk Road did not sell guns. Here's a thread in a forum where someone quotes Ulbricht's message stating Silk Road will no longer sell guns. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=66587.msg1079466#msg1079466 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=66587.msg1079466#msg...