What a crap comment, I can see why you chose to use a throwaway account. That's about the same as saying that a law against breathing would make all of us illegals because it is something that we did, rather than that breathing is a direct result of being alive as a mammal. Sex is a natural thing. If you outlaw sex then you are by definition creating criminals, and you might as well name it for what it is: a law against certain groups of people. The act itself is merely the stick used to hit them with in a legal way.

Well, morally speaking having sex with a man went against the “morals of the time”. We changed our collective opinion since then.

Now what Ross Ulbricht did is amoral today - but are you so sure we will not change our opinion about this act in a few decades?

If people didn’t continue with their “amoral homosexuality” we could have never accepted it to be he norm. They are the heroes of their times.

In many ways, what Ulbricht had done may become a viable method of policing organisations that are “too big to be policed”.

I'm going to guess that you weren't aware of this:

https://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-bos...

Hot take from a person too scared to comment from their their main internet handle.

People who so badly want to strike a win for their values over human empathy, equality, and compassion have to steer common sense arguments into the arena of pedantic details. They have so routinely gotten their butt kicked in the arenas of empathy, equality, and compassion so often they’re ashamed to say what they feel out loud, even with a made up internet handle.

They should embrace the shame, it might be the only thing left that tethers them to humanity.

> They have so routinely gotten their butt kicked in the arenas of empathy, equality, and compassion

Ah, gloating about "kicking butt", truly the pinnacle of empathy and compassion.

Look, I agree with you, but there's no reason to descend to this guy's level. As old Fred once put it:

> He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

Yes dude, I feel you. “Butt kicked” = getting definitely out debated = society recognizing those ideals of hate are not valuable; however you want to phrase it.

Sometimes you don’t feed the trolls. Sometimes I read a thing on the internet that is so absurdly hateful and spiteful that nobody responds to and I worry “who out there is reading this, and might be on the fence about some human values. If they don’t see anybody responding to it at all, will they think it’s an acceptable view point?”

I’m not gonna save the world, but occasionally I can offer rebuttal to cultural biases.

It ain’t much, but it’s something however small.

The law against homosexual sex does nothing to increase the welfare of their fellow man and prevents individuals from finding fulfilling love. It was an evil law and people should be proud for defying it not ashamed because their love was stronger than your hate.