Quote from: theymos on November 30, 2012, 03:30:22 PM

I would not have banned Jeremias. (And he's welcome on this forum.) We aren't likely to gain much ground by strictly following stupid laws and trying to change the political/legal environment. IMO, widespread agorism is the best way to reduce the government's control over us. Iran might be a good place to try this sort of thing on a large scale.

But in case I'm wrong, it's probably not so bad to have parts of the Bitcoin community that are more concerned about laws. Just so long as our most important principles don't get lost while trying to follow laws.

I agree with this. Bitcoin community is a diverse bunch and that is good. I would never have reacted this way without the ban, that was out of line. I already knew Jeff thinks this way so I'm not massively surprised about how he reacted but I thought it was out of line. I'm an IRC veteran (almost 15 years now) so I have experience in moderating it. The only reasoning I could see for the ban was fear and that is concerning.