Quote from: hanwong on January 29, 2014, 06:43:47 AM

As with many people who break the law, Charlie might have thought it right to break the law. Few criminals are sociopaths. Most feel what they are doing is right. If this is the case, and from what I've read about Charlie and what I know of the libertarian side of bitcoin, I am surprised there aren't more people coming to his defense. Where are the people saying "who did he really hurt?" "the war on drugs is bs and Charlie was only providing his service to non-criminal drug dealers." OR are we more concerned about bitcoin going to $10,000 than seeing justice for a young man that was universally liked and respected in the bitcoin world prior to Jan 27, 2014?

I'm a huge advocate against the war on drugs.... I've done quite a bit of lobbying/political efforts in regards trying to get marijuana legalized since about 1996. So yes I agree it's a shame to see people getting arrested for things like this.

With that said , regardless of what you think about the law you have to realize that it's the law and until the law changes if you do something like charlie was doing you can and most likely will to prison if caught. If you don't like a law then work to get the laws changed, don't break it on a large enough scale where you can do a long time in prison and then complain that it's unfair.

I don't know him personally and I have no ill feelings toward him and I wish him the best of luck. With that said he's a smart enough guy that he's knows the gamble he was taking and it appears he lost that gamble Undecided