Quote from: minifrij on March 01, 2016, 11:08:01 PM

Quote from: Your Point Is Invalid on March 01, 2016, 10:48:05 PM

Where is illegal to invest in? Has anyone ever been arrested for investing? Not running the ponzi, investing

Ponzis and Pyramids are illegal full stop. If I am a part of a mafia crew, I'm not above the law because I didn't kill anyone.

Quote from: Your Point Is Invalid on March 01, 2016, 10:48:05 PM

abuse is defined as : use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse.

its literally the first thing that came up when i googled it

Trust abuse isn't defined in the same way as abuse on this forum. I'll see if I can find what theymos considers abuse somewhere; I'm sure he posted about it before.

Quote from: Your Point Is Invalid on March 01, 2016, 10:48:05 PM

Also, are you implying that I have something against OP because he is on DT?
I literally found out that he has on DT just minutes ago

No, I'm implying that you have something against the person that left him negative trust by the way you commonly post things similar to this:

Quote from: Your Point Is Invalid on March 01, 2016, 10:32:56 PM

Yes OP, the self appointed police made new forum laws a few hours ago

I'm guessing that you have some sort of thing against users such as cryptodevil, mexxer and Lutpin who leave trust that you do not see as appropriate (despite being given good reasoning several times).

Quote from: Stroto on March 01, 2016, 10:44:35 PM

That source only talks about the small state of the USA and not the international bitcoin community

Which is why I updated with several sources from official websites of several countries. I am obviously not going to source every single country this way; you can easily find this information yourself. I also mentioned that participation in such schemes may differ from country to country.

Quote from: Stroto on March 01, 2016, 10:55:57 PM

So the question arises, if members give people negative trust because in their jurisdiction it is illegal to participate in a Ponzi, shouldn't we give everyone negative trust because in some jurisdictions it is illegal to trade in bitcoin in general?

I knew someone was going to bring this up.
This is BitcoinTalk. If someone visits this site where Bitcoin is prohibited, they cannot try to claim innocence due to the glaringly obvious title. However, someone new to this forum/Bitcoin in general may see "Get ##% back on your Bitcoin every hour - ReallyLegitInvestments" and be interested. Nothing from this gives the impression that such a service is prohibited, making it very easy for someone naive and inexperienced enough to take advantage of this offer and possibly be scammed.
People should do their own research on things that they invest in, but they don't. This is why the trust system was implemented - so other people can research and report on services and give their impressions.

I will ask you this for the third or fourth time, is investing in a ponzi illegal in your country? Not promoting, investing

please just give me a straight yes or no answer