Just wrote a piece about this for Inside Bitcoins. The last paragraph
is hilarious because it reads like an advertisement for darknet
marketplaces. Not yet published, but here are two points:

1. The basic point of Schumer’s press release seems to be support for
increased funding for the War on Drugs. Much like Ronald Reagan’s
public remarks on crack cocaine from the 1980s, there are portions of
the press release that almost seem like an advertisement for darknet
marketplaces. If a drug user or dealer had not heard about darknet
marketplaces in the past, they would undoubtedly become interested in
them after reading the following paragraph:

“Visitors to these websites can purchase an array of illegal drugs
including cocaine, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamines and
prescription narcotics, in various quantities. Users post the product
and the quantity they are selling and buyers can then do comparison
shopping. In addition to drugs, visitors to the site can purchase
illegal firearms. The websites even allows user to rate the level of
service they receive from drug dealers.”

2. A copy of Narcotics Anonymous’s “Basic Text” from 1981 included the
statement, “Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting
different results.” It seems that Senator Schumer is following the
same logical fallacies as an insane drug addict.

- -@kyletorpey <http://twitter.com/kyletorpey>

On 10/28/2014 09:37 PM, Sam Patterson wrote:
> Ironically, it was Schumer leading the fight to cut the head off
> the hydra the first time around. Now he says,
>
> /“[T]he Silk Road was shut down by the [FBI] in 2013, and I am
> pleased that DOJ is currently prosecuting its operator and holding
> him accountable. ?Regrettably, however, new sites have recently
> sprung up in Silk Road’s place.”/
>
> Regrettably? How about predictably, or inevitably? Schumer is the
> epitome of the old system, a single mind trying to force the world
> to conform to his ideal by using the media to control minds and
> legislative power to control bodies. I'm so excited to be living in
> a time where we can laugh at their tactics instead of be afraid.
>
> Go ahead and put out another press release "Senator," we'll just be
> over here making you obsolete.
>
>
> On 10/28/2014 06:14 PM, Tim Patrick wrote:
>> Anyone remember this guy from a couple years ago when he said we
>> needed to shut down the silk road? I think Amir talked about that
>> in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl2GDcNL6ak
>>
>> So now he is saying more of our tax dollars should go to fighting
>> dark markets because he thinks that people being able to buy
>> drugs without the violence usually involved is a bad thing.
>>
>> it's the ultimate scam: use the working class mans money to
>> prevent him from buying drugs without the threat of violence.
>>
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