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1. gitaar+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-01-22 07:11:57
Creating a website where you can trade (potentially illegal) stuff is not the same as being a drug trafficker.
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2. ohashi+L4[view] [source] 2025-01-22 08:00:11
>>gitaar+(OP)
Are we pretending the silk road was actually a legitimate marketplace and a few bad actors might have used it for things that break the law?
replies(2): >>gitaar+5l >>barnab+b92
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3. gitaar+5l[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-01-22 10:32:21
>>ohashi+L4
It just allowed unrestricted trade outside of regular economy. In a world where the governments themselves are corrupt and criminal, you could argue over the ethicality of the concept. But comparing it to drug cartels is unfair I would say.
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4. ngetch+Ww[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-01-22 12:25:42
>>gitaar+5l
He ordered murders. There isn't much of a difference in my eyes.
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5. aleign+8a1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-01-22 16:22:18
>>ngetch+Ww
Sure, but that is a non-sequitur.
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6. e44858+KK1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-01-22 19:43:18
>>ngetch+Ww
"Allegedly" ordered murders, not proven in court.
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7. barnab+b92[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-01-22 22:32:07
>>ohashi+L4
It's not necessarily unethical to break the law, merely illegal.

Civil disobedience is a pretty important part of how we have always dealt with bad laws and bad governments.

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