<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Adrian Tymes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atymes@gmail.com" target="_blank">atymes@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Kelly Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kellycoinguy@gmail.com" target="_blank">kellycoinguy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I think a site like the Silk Road should be legal, but specific illegal activities that occur there should be investigated by the authorities.<br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>I'm mildly surprised they didn't leave it in place as a honeypot. "Hey everyone who wants to commit crimes: go here! It's safe! It's anonymous! A majority of those advertising the worst services aren't actually the authorities, honest!"<br>
<br></div><div>But perhaps there was too much political pressure to shut it down.<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Or perhaps they knew it would be replaced soon... almost immediately as it turned out.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Think of it this way... the authorities exist to grow the power and size and influence of what? The authorities, of course. Any organization wants to grow and increase their own power. The policing forces are no different than any other organization in this way. So do they get the politicians to give them more money by letting Silk Road get big enough to be a REAL problem before they try to tackle it? </div>
<div><br></div><div>-Kelly</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>