Quote from: Cryptopher on January 12, 2014, 03:03:36 AM

Welcome to Bitcointalk.

Yeah, Bitcoin as a currency/store-of-value/technology is brilliant, and there is lots of work going on to ensure that cutting edge solutions are presented to make it more accessible etc.

It cracks me up when people argue that Bitcoin sucks because it "funds crime, and allows people to buy drugs". They say it with such conviction, as if the cash in their wallet cannot be used to do the same lol.

I never really thought of it as a currency that could be abused. I just thought "bitcoin" was a nefarious program. Had I known it was a currency that drug dealers use, I would have looked at it a long time ago. I've never been swayed by the argument that something is evil because it gets misused. People are evil... tools are not.

Guns don't kill people.
McDonald's doesn't make anyone fat.
Vehicles don't break speed limits.
Mini skirts don't cause affairs.
And bitcoins won't rip people off nor buy narcotics.

What our little world needs is far more personal accountability and far fewer scapegoats.