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SR also sold identity theft kits, hacking tools and such. It was not just a place of victimless crime. It would be nice if just ONE of you DPR-loving sociopat

SR also sold identity theft kits, hacking tools and such. It was not just a place of victimless crime. It would be nice if just ONE of you DPR-loving sociopaths would be honest enough to admit this.

etherael 12y ago
Compared with the crimes of the entity actually mounting the prosecution, everything he was alleged to have done is at worst a misdemeanor. But you will never get a sociopathic state worshiping authoritarian to admit they don't have the moral high ground. Letalone that their treasured institutions are practically identical to the terrorist organisations that they say they exist to protect the innocent from.
- hahainternet 12y ago
  > you will never get a sociopathic state worshiping authoritarian to admit they don't have the moral high ground If you're willing to post this level of stupidity then just come out with "OBAMA IS HITLER" without mincing words so we can tell you're deluded and ignore your posts.
- hncomplete 12y ago
  Apparently thinking that identity theft (which harms individuals) sucks also means I worship the state. Right. Religious zealots always get mad when facts ruin their ideological narratives. Ethereal, you are now, and will always be, an utterly worthless shitstain on humanity. I won't couch this in distancing language. I'll own the fact that you're an asshole, that you're passive-aggressive, and that HN would be materially better if the mods had the balls to ban assholes like you.
  - etherael 12y ago
    > Religious zealots always get mad when facts ruin their ideological narratives. Couldn't have said it better myself. You would do well to consider your own criticism. I will not be holding my breath waiting for the penny to drop for you, though. You have that self assured idiocy I instantly recognise from hackneyed talking heads spinning nonsense about topics they don't grasp purely to make those more questioning abandon their pesky skepticism and critical analysis about all things conventional. Keep it up, your attacks serve merely to convince me I'm on the right path.
    - hncomplete 12y ago
      Silk Road had sections for items whose sole and explicit purpose was to harm others for profit. I understand that you are unwilling to admit this (instead trying to make this an argument about something other than SR), but he did. I find it completely unsurprising that you are incapable of admitting this. p.s. there is a lot of research indicating that extremists become more strident when presented with facts that undermine their ideology. As such, your final sentence is completely predictable.
      - etherael 12y ago
        I admitted it in my first response. I said it was a misdemeanor if he were guilty of everything he had allegedly done relative to the actions of the prosecuting entity. If you were right and I were claiming SR was some pure bastion of light and holiness I would instead have said he was completely innocent. My point was the relative culpability of the two actors in question. You're not presenting any new facts, you're just sounding off on the righteousness of the state without consideration to the crimes on that rap sheet to which I have taken exception. It is you who are doubling down on your idiocy absent understanding of the actual point being made.
        hnfucktard 12y ago
        No, you're not getting it. "Better than the US government" is a threshold of goodness that even the worst people I've ever met pass. The fact that you put it forth as evidence that DPR is a hero shows that you're a massively broken fucktard. Anyway... thanks for the further confirmation that you're a delusional idiot, and that you have no attachment to reality. You crack me up, you fucking loser.
        etherael 12y ago
        In the same post you claim I don't get it, you agree with me and amplify my point. Congratulations, you are a retard.

SR also sold identity theft kits, hacking tools and such. It was not just a place of victimless crime. It would be nice if just ONE of you DPR-loving sociopaths would be honest enough to admit this.

etherael 12y ago

Compared with the crimes of the entity actually mounting the prosecution, everything he was alleged to have done is at worst a misdemeanor. But you will never get a sociopathic state worshiping authoritarian to admit they don't have the moral high ground. Letalone that their treasured institutions are practically identical to the terrorist organisations that they say they exist to protect the innocent from.

hahainternet 12y ago
> you will never get a sociopathic state worshiping authoritarian to admit they don't have the moral high ground If you're willing to post this level of stupidity then just come out with "OBAMA IS HITLER" without mincing words so we can tell you're deluded and ignore your posts.
hncomplete 12y ago
Apparently thinking that identity theft (which harms individuals) sucks also means I worship the state. Right. Religious zealots always get mad when facts ruin their ideological narratives. Ethereal, you are now, and will always be, an utterly worthless shitstain on humanity. I won't couch this in distancing language. I'll own the fact that you're an asshole, that you're passive-aggressive, and that HN would be materially better if the mods had the balls to ban assholes like you.
- etherael 12y ago
  > Religious zealots always get mad when facts ruin their ideological narratives. Couldn't have said it better myself. You would do well to consider your own criticism. I will not be holding my breath waiting for the penny to drop for you, though. You have that self assured idiocy I instantly recognise from hackneyed talking heads spinning nonsense about topics they don't grasp purely to make those more questioning abandon their pesky skepticism and critical analysis about all things conventional. Keep it up, your attacks serve merely to convince me I'm on the right path.
  - hncomplete 12y ago
    Silk Road had sections for items whose sole and explicit purpose was to harm others for profit. I understand that you are unwilling to admit this (instead trying to make this an argument about something other than SR), but he did. I find it completely unsurprising that you are incapable of admitting this. p.s. there is a lot of research indicating that extremists become more strident when presented with facts that undermine their ideology. As such, your final sentence is completely predictable.
    - etherael 12y ago
      I admitted it in my first response. I said it was a misdemeanor if he were guilty of everything he had allegedly done relative to the actions of the prosecuting entity. If you were right and I were claiming SR was some pure bastion of light and holiness I would instead have said he was completely innocent. My point was the relative culpability of the two actors in question. You're not presenting any new facts, you're just sounding off on the righteousness of the state without consideration to the crimes on that rap sheet to which I have taken exception. It is you who are doubling down on your idiocy absent understanding of the actual point being made.
      - hnfucktard 12y ago
        No, you're not getting it. "Better than the US government" is a threshold of goodness that even the worst people I've ever met pass. The fact that you put it forth as evidence that DPR is a hero shows that you're a massively broken fucktard. Anyway... thanks for the further confirmation that you're a delusional idiot, and that you have no attachment to reality. You crack me up, you fucking loser.
        etherael 12y ago
        In the same post you claim I don't get it, you agree with me and amplify my point. Congratulations, you are a retard.