Imp..I think the point is on the user end is/was safety..order from silk road and the only similarities to street deals is now the cops may roll up on you..but on s.r. you had no dealers seeing your face,your purchase was secure,you got exactly what you payed for,never had to leave the house..on the street you could get robbed,beat then robbed,shot then robbed,sold fake drugs,sold weak drugs,sold drugs that are not the drugs you wanted..
That being said,I was not happy that silk road sold bad drugs like heroin,and coke/crack..as far as the hits put out..well that has yet to be proven in a court and I feel it may be a fabrication by the government..and I gotta say if someone tried to steal half a million from me(extrortion is stealing in my book),I wouldn't kill anyone but I would be violent at that point..now,not that I condone his actions,but every man has a breaking point..
The whole problem with people disagreeing is they are still using the legal status of drugs in a context not pertaining to drugs themselves..did he kill or ask to kill,maybe..did he help distribute bad drugs..def..did he help change peoples lives by offering psychedelics..probably so...I'm not saying he should be exhalted to 'prankster'status,but I'm not saying he should be a modern day hitler either..he probably did help cut down on crime to an extent by keeping a few people from going out to cop on the streets..as far as cartels..maybe a little activity but I doubt 400kilos of coke were ever for sale on s.r...hopefully a moral based silk road will pop up,only offering psychedelics,soft drugs,and hugs!
I've allways seen people getting busted around my town in sting..and it allways involves pills,coke,heroin..the feds don't play with that shit..and everyone know,you don't stick your tounge out at the bully in the school yard because you're on the slide..you gotta get down the slide eventually.. and the bully is gonna be there..
