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Again, I'm not going to apologize for my explicit rudeness when I'm faced with the implicit rudeness of the extreme arrogance of most BitCoin supporters. You p

Again, I'm not going to apologize for my explicit rudeness when I'm faced with the implicit rudeness of the extreme arrogance of most BitCoin supporters. You people think you have it aaaaaall figured out and that no one has a right to interfere with 'the due process of nature'...

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Crito 13y ago
> "You people think you have it aaaaaall figured out and that no one has a right to interfere with 'the due process of nature'..." I realize you've already tapped out of this conversation, but I think the root of this whole misunderstanding is right here. The other people you are talking to here are not saying that nobody has the right to stop bitcoin (or whatever crypto-currency may follow it). They are saying that nobody has the ability. That should be about as uncontroversial as stating that a democratic, non-draconian, society has no ability to eliminate the sale of cocaine. Pointing that out isn't saying that cocaine is a good thing or something that society should tolerate; it is just saying that society lacks the ability to prevent it.
- williamcotton 13y ago
  There's a big difference here, and that's that there isn't a bunch of pro-cocaine conferences or cocaine start-ups getting funded by venture capital firms... But much like the coke heads I've known through out the years, you all have an overblown sense of self and can't seem to shut the fuck up and listen for a second... so maybe that's where you're coming from?
  - Crito 13y ago
    If you read the other comments I have made today, you'll see that I am not particularly "bullish" on bitcoin... Anyway, I don't think you have understood the comment you just responded to. My point is that you have crossed your "morality/right" and "capability" wires. Stating that "you cannot stop the cocaine trade" is not making a statement about the virtue of cocaine, or stating that pro-cocaine conferences or startups are a good idea. These are entirely orthogonal concepts. You can be very anti-cocaine while still recognizing that cocaine cannot be eliminated. In other words, if there were lots of pro-cocaine conferences and cocaine peddling startups, the statement "cocaine cannot be eliminated" would not be any less true. That statement is a statement about the nature of law enforcement in a free society; not a statement on the morality or virtues of cocaine.

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Crito 13y ago

> "You people think you have it aaaaaall figured out and that no one has a right to interfere with 'the due process of nature'..." I realize you've already tapped out of this conversation, but I think the root of this whole misunderstanding is right here. The other people you are talking to here are not saying that nobody has the right to stop bitcoin (or whatever crypto-currency may follow it). They are saying that nobody has the ability. That should be about as uncontroversial as stating that a democratic, non-draconian, society has no ability to eliminate the sale of cocaine. Pointing that out isn't saying that cocaine is a good thing or something that society should tolerate; it is just saying that society lacks the ability to prevent it.

williamcotton 13y ago
There's a big difference here, and that's that there isn't a bunch of pro-cocaine conferences or cocaine start-ups getting funded by venture capital firms... But much like the coke heads I've known through out the years, you all have an overblown sense of self and can't seem to shut the fuck up and listen for a second... so maybe that's where you're coming from?
- Crito 13y ago
  If you read the other comments I have made today, you'll see that I am not particularly "bullish" on bitcoin... Anyway, I don't think you have understood the comment you just responded to. My point is that you have crossed your "morality/right" and "capability" wires. Stating that "you cannot stop the cocaine trade" is not making a statement about the virtue of cocaine, or stating that pro-cocaine conferences or startups are a good idea. These are entirely orthogonal concepts. You can be very anti-cocaine while still recognizing that cocaine cannot be eliminated. In other words, if there were lots of pro-cocaine conferences and cocaine peddling startups, the statement "cocaine cannot be eliminated" would not be any less true. That statement is a statement about the nature of law enforcement in a free society; not a statement on the morality or virtues of cocaine.