> "Society is the victim" and "No quality control" They had, apparently, the same customers-rating-sellers quality control mechanism that Amazon itself uses, a

> "Society is the victim" and "No quality control" They had, apparently, the same customers-rating-sellers quality control mechanism that Amazon itself uses, and by introducing those and removing the need for physical interactions between buyers and sellers I'd imagine that the Silk Road offered a significantly safer, less damaging marketplace than the physical one that it encroached on and will presumably now once again be replaced by. That said, there are very different reasons why allowing him to get away with it would be difficult - it would undermine the entire "war on drugs" and the efficacy and power of the legal system. Something that HN would be sure to have a volatile view on.