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Re:Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison on Friday May 29, 2015 @10:28PM (#9628622)
Let's just ruin a mans life so maybe we'll deter %.0000001 of a billion dollar drug industry. Why does the United States continue with this nonsense "War on Drugs"? Could it have anything to do with the for profit prison system? Giant militarized police force? Booming civil asset forfeiture?

For a country that prides itself on freedom and fairness, why create a system that punishes for doing what they want with their body? What if we spent the billions we do now on a failed drug war for education, addiction treatment, mental health, job training? Why ban certain drugs and allow alcohol and cigarettes that have just as addictive properties and kills just as many people?

Re:Poll: How religious is hacker news? on Friday July 25, 2014 @09:42PM (#8088550)
Might want to try a humanist gathering.
Re:Show HN: eBay modified with Bitcoin on Monday April 22, 2013 @10:16AM (#5589304)
Great way to get phished.
What language was this built with?