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1. steve_+f5[view] [source] 2025-01-22 00:51:15
>>Ozarki+(OP)
Well, I think that justice has been served. The feds' prosecution of Ulbricht was the epitome of throwing the book at someone to make an example, when the government's case was pretty flawed, in my opinion. 10 years is enough time to pay the debt of running the silk road.

I am glad that Ulbricht has been pardoned and I feel like a small iota of justice has been returned to the world with this action.

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2. zanek+zp[view] [source] 2025-01-22 03:17:42
>>steve_+f5
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills reading the comments on this thread. Multiple teenagers (one in Australia) died from the drugs distributed on Silk Road. Ross was ok with selling grenades, body parts, etc on there. But everyone is saying he served his time ???
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3. loeg+Qu[view] [source] 2025-01-22 04:05:10
>>zanek+zp
People regularly die from drinking alcohol. Should liquor store owners be doing life in prison? (And why are Australians special?)
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4. mihaal+wE[view] [source] 2025-01-22 05:50:09
>>loeg+Qu
Why not incarcerate all car makers and doctors then too?

You are hopelessly lost my friend, unable to comprehend the concept of illegal activity.

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5. Briggy+wH[view] [source] 2025-01-22 06:20:02
>>mihaal+wE
You look lost to me because you equate law and morality at a deep level.
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6. mihaal+a71[view] [source] 2025-01-22 10:27:59
>>Briggy+wH
Selling drugs vs. selling alcohol, this is beyond morality matter but a matter regulated by law, sorry.

There was no equation there actually. Let me unwrap it for you, probably this way it will be clear: first line was a satire of the parent comment along the line of depicting deadly but permitted matters; second line was the unpacking the satire higlighting that the fella hopelessly confused (now, this was more like the equation you sought) a socially permitted activity with an illegal one.

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7. johnny+ef3[view] [source] 2025-01-23 01:09:04
>>mihaal+a71
>Selling drugs vs. selling alcohol, this is beyond morality matter but a matter regulated by law, sorry.

There's nothing beyond morality. Laws are an application based on morality.

And as we know with the 18th and 21st amendments, even the law can have shakey morality based on more factors than "what is good for the populace". That's more or less why I'm against most drug laws. They were not made with "the good health of the people in mind", they were a scapegoat to oppress minorities. It's all publicly declassified, so no one can call me a conspirator anymore.

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