Re:Sen. Manchin demands complete US ban on Bitcoin
by higherpurpose on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @04:31PM
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US has been doing that a lot lately. It's like they are envious on the Chinese government's power over its people.
Anyway, it's not banned in Thailand anymore, so US is just copying China and Russia now. Great role models there.
http://www.techinasia.com/bank-thailand-countrys-top-bitcoin...
Re:Sen. Manchin demands complete US ban on Bitcoin
by hackerboos on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @04:36PM
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I believe it wasn't actually banned in Thailand.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/marketing/395952/bitcoin...
Re:Sen. Manchin demands complete US ban on Bitcoin
by tinalumfoil on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @04:37PM
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He never said he he was looking to copy China and Thailand because he believes their doing the right thing. He also lists many countries that have "issued warnings to Bitcoin users as their respective governments consider options for regulating or banning its use entirely"
His logic in banning it from this is because he does not want "Americans... left holding the bag on a valueless currency"
Re:Sen. Manchin demands complete US ban on Bitcoin
by VMG on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @04:36PM
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He's later referring to them as "allies".
I hoped this is satire for a moment.
Re:Sen. Manchin demands complete US ban on Bitcoin
by steffenfrost on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @04:50PM
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Good point!
You are not allowed to use twitter, facebook, and youtube in China either. So, just as our "allies", lets ban twitter, facebook, and youtube.
Re:Sen. Manchin demands complete US ban on Bitcoin
by pdkl95 on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @10:37PM
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Of course he called them "allies" - what else would you call your Most Favored Nation?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_favoured_nation#United_Sta...
I'm so glad our representatives are looking at China for a model of how things should be. Hey, China is doing it, it must be OK.
You can make all sorts of arguments about banning BC, but don't use the fact that it's banned in oppressive countries as one of them and then expect me to respect your opinion.