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Re:Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangero... by ryanSrich on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:03PM (#6496526)
Because shutting down a service where the majority of exchange is conducted with an adequate amount of peace only forces such exchange into streets where volence is often unavoidable.
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Re:Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangero... by bsullivan01 on Friday October 04, 2013 @02:51PM (#6497197)
Fine, FBI should let me smuggle all the Colombian cocaine through NJ/NY ports so the violence along the Mexico border is eliminated.
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Re:Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangero... by ryanSrich on Friday October 04, 2013 @03:39PM (#6497472)
If it reduced the net amount of violence? absolutely. Look, People are going to do drugs. Why not provide a peaceful community that harbors responsible consumption instead of adopting a puritanical view that only attempts to make matters worse?
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Re:Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangero... by dllthomas on Friday October 04, 2013 @03:25PM (#6497395)
Yes, they should, though not you uniquely...
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Re:Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangero... by nazgulnarsil on Friday October 04, 2013 @03:35PM (#6497447)
If it leads to a net increase in QALYs yes.
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