you end up waiting inside of that restaurant for 7 months and you still haven't got your food.
Most people can't live without food for more than a week. Your argument is invalid.
im sorry, i didnt identify this as an argument. just a poignant rhetorical question. one where food is ridiculously large sums of people's money being held hostage.
which is a question that begs to be answered. because i sure as fuck wouldnt eat there.
In fact, he seems to deliberately wording his statements to maximally affect the market.
Look at the way that he was blaming a bug in the bitcoin protocol. He knew ofcourse it wasn't quite true but that it would have a dramatic effect on the market, and he must have profited handsomely.
im glad someone else noticed this as well. ineptitude of this magnitude is civilly/criminally liable. you either accept that they don't know any better (which would make you a fool to utilize their services after this) or they are doing it on purpose (which would make you a fool to utilize their services after this).

see what i did there?
op, good thought exercise. you've raised valid points to be considered by the community, and we appreciate you for it.
~Green