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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Rumors of Bitcoin's libertarian death have been greatly exaggerated.
by
Beliathon
on 28/03/2014, 08:19:43 UTC
...to live in this society, you must obey laws that you may not agree with to keep from going to jail.
Raise your hand if you've downloaded any music, movies, or TV shows lately.

*raises hand*

If you have, you've been breaking the law. Have you gone to jail for it? I haven't.

Speaking of breaking the law, the authority figures do it too:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2014/03/27/busted-police-allege-lax-theft-ring-stole-from-fliers-bags/6949949/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/dozens-baggage-handlers-involved-lax-theft-ring-police-article-1.1737407

Trusting wealth with strangers is a risky proposition... that's why Bitcoin is such a brilliant technology.