I'll refrain from commenting ill about Ulbricht on this site...
I specifically used language that steered clear of that incinuation. "State problem", not "problem in general." "As history has shown." I was referring only to the similarities regarding the outcome of offing the leaders of those respective communities, as well as how state leadership simply refuses to reflect on their past actions.
I really struggle to find how you drew that conclusion out of what I wrote. There was nothing concerning that subject, never mind a suggestion - in fact it was quite the opposite:
* Ulbricht would have had no market, if drug abuse was treated as a health problem and not a criminal problem.
* Assange would have had nothing to leak, if the state wasn't make shady deals.
* I can't think of any effective solution to terrorism. Making a demonstration is all we have.
"two of those three problems."
As history has shown, you cut off the head of one state problem and then you have six problems. Be it Osama, Ulbricht or Assange. Two of those three problems could have been solved permanently by other means (decriminilization and thorough transparency, respectively). Dogma seems to rule our rulers.
Silencing Assange, by whatever means they choose, will most likely backfire.