Topic: MINERS UNITE! Block the FBI coins. Do not fund violent underground organizations (Read 10019 times)

I'd like to chime in as a social-anarchist with "extreme views". I don't support big government - I don't support any government. Because I don't support systematic violence, oppression, or exploitation.
I am opposed to nation-states for the same reason I am opposed to capitalism - systematic hierarchy-based violence is ethically indefensible. We are not chimps - we know better.

There is no excuse for this cruel and infantile behavior in 2014. We've had ethics and reason for far too long. It's well past time we socially evolve beyond a world governed by violence and embrace the gifts of reason and compassion.

Regarding my perceived extremism...

"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims."
-Derrick Jensen

"Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy."
-Pierre Joseph Proudhon

Yours in solidarity and compassion,

World Citizen Beliathon

I don't think an 8 year old could grasp the concept of money being fungible very well. This is especially true if the consequences of this were not explained to her.

I would doubt that someone that young could make the connection that "banning" coins of one person/entity would put everyone's coins at risk. 

Do not put down children like that.  My eight year old daughter would understand why this is stupid idea.

This is an idea for infant cry babies.

This is an idea for children.

What if you were to simply piss someone off who had enough influence to get a specific address blacklisted?

What if a company that accepted bitcoin were to adopt a policy that others did not like, but was still within the bounds of the law?

This would make it very difficult for commerce to take place with bitcoin.

How is the FBI "underground"?

Been gone for a while due to health issues but everything is OK now.

Just kind of took a break from the madness of crypto!

I think it's not that bad.  The government might want to accept cryptos after they massively sell off their stash and the price skyrockets within weeks/months.

People that seriously have these kinds of views are extremists.

EXACTLY!

Thanks for your kind post!

I been listening to my miners sing!

LostDutchman:  welcome back.

WarriorOfTheLight:  still a dipshit for supporting proposals that would destroy the fungibility of bitcoins and therefore kill Bitcoin.

Those who suggest that coins should be blacklisted are big government types, probably socialist and are to be avoided at all costs!

Been gone for a while due to health issues but everything is OK now.

Just kind of took a break from the madness of crypto!

This is a very dangerous precedent indeed.

If we were to start by blacklisting the "FBI" coins then why would we not black list coins owned by a theif, or by someone who took advantage of others (but everyone agreed to the terms), or someone that had suspiciously good timing?

I really don't like the idea of making any BTC non-fungible. That's a really dangerous precedent. If BTC is really money, then this is not an acceptable course of action, IMO.

Your 'shooting yourself in the foot' or 'cutting your nose off to spite your face' mentality is childish at best.  Destroying the currency because you don't like an organisation that holds a small amount is a petty, small-minded, monumentally stupid idea.  If you still haven't realised that's the notion you're supporting yet, then you need to put more thought into your posts.  Also, making the right decision in circumstances that aren't ideal is what takes real courage of conviction, which is the opposite of being a pussy.  Another concept you've got completely backwards.

These are not the words of your everyday troll.

Ty WarriorOfTheLight.

This isn't just anyone. Its the false flag luvin douches at the FBI setting up what will likely be a rigged auction.

If I'm a hyprocrite, then you're a big fat pussy for bowing before your oppressors once again.

Non violent civil disobedience. FTW !

lite coin doesn't have a point

police are men just like us
and it *is* a valid transaction

So we all want a free system that isn't controlled by anyone but as soon as someone you don't like owns a few coins we don't allow it. Yup, typical Bitcoiner logic. Nothing surprises me anymore. A lot of people here are hypocrite as fuck.

Bingo. Bonus for brevity.

This thread could help people understand why the OPs suggestion is not something that should be done.