>I'd assume theymos wouldn't want the site shut down and/or face other legal issues.
Perhaps, but AFAIK promoting unregistered securities & unlicensed online gambling is not strictly legal in US either, is it?
>Please point out where the forum is being overrun with CP, drugs and guns.
My point precisely. The forum is not being overrun by CP, drug & gun sales, without subforums being created for any of that. Because against forum policy.
Bitcointalk is not about providing a platform for degenerate gamblers, it's about discussion and promotion of Bitcoin. Having Bitcoin associated with ponzis is bad for Bitcoin. Promoting ponzis on Bitcointalk is bad for Bitcoin. This is prima facie shit, the fact that I need to explain this is, frankly, worrying.
This forum is not powerless at policing its policies. Millions of dollars were donated to Bitcointalk (not millions at the time of donation, but thanks to BTC price increase). If you feel that's not enough to pay for forum moderation, I guess I got nothing.
I agree with you. Bitcoin being associated with Gambling and Ponzis is bad for bitcoin as well as bitcoiners. I thought of suggesting these sections to be shut down but I knew that nobody would support me. Their reasons would be, people are sensible enough to know what is a ponzi or casino, the members would advertise through other means on the forum, they would message members to invest in ponzis, the forum doesn't take responsibility of any scams and so on. The discussion again comes to square one and for me since BCT is so far the most popular bitcoin forums, it's sad that it supports these sections which is simply for money laundering. Bitcoins being anonymous makes it a victim to these ponzi websites and casinos.