To people defending Silk Road:
Do you really put things in your body that you have no idea where they came from? Aren't you worried about hot shots? I know they have a rating system, but is it worth trusting with your life?
I don't put drugs in my body - but if I did, and lets say I was a drug addict (and so compelled to use, so to speak) I think I'd rather trust someone selling drugs with a proven track record and who had established a relationship of trust with individuals in the same predicament as myself.
What has any of this to do with bitcoin ? Bitcoin is "good" because its not used in transactions where the purchased product is contraband ? Bitcoins "high moral ground" was never based on this, for me at least.
Using fiat to acquire illegal drugs in the traditional fashion [ie. cash to a Machiavellian gangsters flunkey], certainly is able to claim no moral victory whatsoever.
In other words, "I don't know so I'll go along with a tiny new fad that failed."
With freedom comes freedoms we do not agree with.
The moral high ground includes tolerance of other people's freedoms.
You know something has created more freedom when the "bad" part of it is the fact that some people are now free to do "X" that you do not agree with.
That's right, and to protect society, those abusing freedoms will have their freedoms mitigated. Those are called statutes and referred to as "laws".
