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> if he really did order people's murders, wouldn't the prosecution indict him for it? No, that's a non sequitur. For example, imagine that the prosecution kn
by dietrichepp 12y ago
> if he really did order people's murders, wouldn't the prosecution indict him for it?
No, that's a non sequitur.
For example, imagine that the prosecution knows that Alice killed Bob, but only because they were illegally tapping Alice's phone lines and the evidence would get thrown out. Or imagine that Alice is in the mafia, and your only witness, Charlie, suddenly went missing.
> he's some tech kid with really poor judgement
History is littered with people who went from "poor judgement" to "murder". To be clear, I'm not calling Ulbricht a murderer. I'm just not convinced that you know him so well that you know what he will and won't do.
- lstyls 12y agoI should clarify, I don't mean poor judgement in the "he's a good kid, he just had poor judgement" sense. He might be a terrible person for all I know. Heck, he probably is. And I wouldn't be surprised if he wanted to murder people. I meant it in the sense that I don't think he is capable of finding someone willing and able.
- foldr 12y agoSurely that pretty much concedes that the prosecution are right. If he wants to kill people then he does pose a significant threat to the witnesses.