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Re:Bitcoin Exchanges Under ‘Massive and Concerted Attack’ by tedks on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @02:27PM (#7219775)
That's a very quotable statement, and it is indeed true -- some people are intelligent and sociopathic enough that they care about their own amusement more than anything else.

But sadism is very rare, in reality. Most robbers don't give the rubies they steal to the village children. Most galloping animals with four hooves are horses, not zebras.

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Re:Bitcoin Exchanges Under ‘Massive and Concerted Attack’ by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @03:16PM (#7220097)
If you're on the plains of the Serengeti however ...
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Re:Bitcoin Exchanges Under ‘Massive and Concerted Attack’ by vbuterin on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @08:37PM (#7221920)
> But sadism is very rare, in reality.

But the power of the internet can magnify the effect of a single sadist to the point that it affects a million people (up to the limited extent that such opportunities exist).

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