"Uug" (oogu)
05/29/2015 at 18:48 • Filed to: None
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"Uug" (oogu)
05/29/2015 at 18:48 • Filed to: None | 1
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As you probably have heard, Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the former online black market known as Silk Road, has been sentenced to life in prison. A shit ton of news sources have articles on it, so I’ll save you my terrible writing.
If you don’t know what Silk Road is/was here is its basic premise:
You could buy/sell illicit drugs, services, etc anonymously
Opinions on his sentence? I’m curious as to what others think about this.
CB
> Uug
05/29/2015 at 18:52 |
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I think it’s a little severe, but judging from the severity of the charges, I’m not surprised.
Sam
> Uug
05/29/2015 at 18:52 |
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It seems like sentencing John Browning to life for his guns comitting murders.
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CB
> Sam
05/29/2015 at 18:58 |
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Not entirely. A gun can be used for purposes other than murder (although some would argue use in law enforcement and military is murder, but that is neither here nor there). Here you have a website where people can sell anything with “complete” anonymity, and according to Wikipedia, 70% of the sales and listings on the site were for narcotics, although there were legal things for sale.
E92M3
> Uug
05/29/2015 at 18:58 |
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I don’t think it’s too severe. It was basically an online cartel sized operation. Even though it was made up of individual sellers who weren’t linked to one leader he provided the foundation to enormous illegal activity.
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Sam
> CB
05/29/2015 at 19:00 |
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I feel they’re more intent on making a statement than anything. Poor Dread Pirate.
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CB
> Sam
05/29/2015 at 19:01 |
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I was thinking that might be more their reason as well. Hell, bankers do worse shit than this and they never see jail time.
KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> Uug
05/29/2015 at 19:04 |
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The prosecution and the trial court have opened themselves up to being reversed on appeal.
8th Amendment and all that jazz.
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Sam
> CB
05/29/2015 at 19:05 |
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I still wanot to find out what is going to happen to the FBI agents who were caught with the Bitcoin that went “missing” during the investigation.
coqui70
> Uug
05/29/2015 at 20:35 |
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Only going to jail because he did not pay his dues to the true criminals.
Dsscats
> Sam
06/15/2015 at 15:25 |
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He had 5 people assassinated (Silk Road guy.)
Destructive Tester
> coqui70
06/15/2015 at 15:26 |
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Gotta remember to kick a taste up the chain...