For sure I think it indicates that we need to imagine what would happen if Silk Road suddenly vanishes one day. Would BTC crash and blow like a malfunctioning rocket? because when the June gawker article on SR appeared it certainly took off like a rocket due to speculation...would we have an opposite effect if SR just disappeared? It looks like most people around here don't actually use BTC as a currency or know a thing about SR even though it is the single most important entity to the real bitcoin economy (everything else as we know is mostly speculation).

With today's Gawker article on guns being bought and sold on SR I think this issue needs to be at the very least talked and pondered about, because I believe this new article may bring some serious heat to the website.  People need to prepare for the possibility of the fall of silk road and its impact on the bitcoin economy or be prepared to be holding the bags if something does happen.

BTW Silk Road has been down since the new article was published, perhaps to implement some changes or to avoid an influx of new traffic looking to buy BTC and explore Silk Road?