Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on August 25, 2012, 08:47:29 AM

Quote from: hgmichna on August 25, 2012, 08:39:04 AM

I think it is high time for you to shut up and stop being part of the huge fraud most of us tried hard to protect people from.

In the name of Satoshi Nakamoto, "Keep your opinions, politics and religion out of my bitcoin".

When people start talking about "protecting" me from things in Bitcoin, I can't help but equate it to the reasoning for Paypal holding my funds.

What if you find (soon enough, if you still haven't) that you did need protection?

The strength of the human civilization is based on people cooperating and helping each other to a degree that animals never attained (except perhaps some state-building insects). I am not going back down to animal level. When I see people in need of help, I help if I can.

Moreover, help, in the form of advice and warning, was always offered, but never was anyone prevented from making a mistake. People who ignore the warnings are completely free to throw their money away however they want.

But if the town is burning, you have no right to tell people to stop shouting "fire."