Quote from: Light on March 13, 2014, 07:33:19 AM

Quote from: apsvinet on March 13, 2014, 01:54:00 AM

I think it's interesting that most people hanging around here are so liberal when it comes to weapon and drug trade but get all christy when it's about Ponzi schemes, because they're soooo illegal. I'm not defending ponzis, but to be honest if you can't handle it, turn off your computer, and you won't be exposed to it, I promise.

That solution is one so extreme that it's stupid. It's equivalent to someone living in poverty and getting told they should kill themselves if thy can't handle it. Back on topic, ponzis are a pain in gambling and should be moved.

Yes, the main issue isn't really one of the morality or legality of Ponzis, but the fact they're off-topic in this forum and should be moved to a relevant forum, preferably some shit-pit toilet where they can swim in turds, choke on them and die.

Whoops, got emotional there at the end.

Incidentally, there is nothing at all inconsistent about libertarians despising Ponzis. The fundamental principle of libertarianism seems to me to be the non-aggression principle. Fraud is a species of aggression, in that it seeks to undermine the free and uncoerced choice of the victim.

Open Ponzis arguably do not fit in this mold, and I can imagine a kind of Ponzi that could be played as a game, if it were provably fair, i.e. the end of the Ponzi where profits are taken is actually determined by a known algorithm. But "whenever Slick Eddie runs off with the money" is no such thing.

Also, such a Ponzi would still probably be illegal under lottery laws, but again, not relevant to this thread's issue. Which is that the Ponzis that ARE being posted here are off-topic. They are not gambling. They are HYIP. FUCKING MOVE THEM.