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Comment by sofixa

2 months ago

> horrific crimes like setting up websites that reduce real-world violence

Are you still talking about Ross Ulbricht? I'd be curious to hear how you ended up with that as a description for Silk Road.

“if Baltimore moved from street corners to online services, oh my god, do you know how much fewer shootings we'd have every year? Which equates to fewer homicides.”

- Neill Franklin, 34-year law enforcement veteran of the Maryland State Police and Baltimore Police Department

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-war-on-drugs-this-revol...

p.s. sorry for taking so long to find the reference I was thinking of