Those are two very strange statements to put beside each other, Patrick. It makes it seem as if you genuinely believe that processing digital payments is something that should cost society a significant amount of money.

I'm still flummoxed that people keep thinking I'm part of the Global Banking Conspiracy rather than, say, a geek who makes a living on the Internet who came to his own conclusion.

You know as well as any of us that criticism of your Bitcoin tirades (in general and in this thread) does not come from people who think this.