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656 sats \ 5 replies \ @Ray 1 Nov 2023 \ on: Thoughts on Ross Ulbricht? bitcoin
Even if he hired a hitman it's so messed up. Who was harmed by Ross? The state is evil.
Well as far as I understand it he thought he had had somebody murdered, which is messed up in anybody’s book.
Yes, the, frankly bonkers, American system allows entrapment i.e. he wouldn’t have committed the “crime” if the FBI agents hadn’t led him to it.
But he still thought he had had somebody murdered… which I can’t quite get past.
What am I missing?
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Who was harmed by Ross?
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You ever resort to murder because somebody was blackmailing you? You think that is a legitimate response?
Who was harmed? It’s like saying that because a defendant shot with intent to kill but missed - “who was harmed, your honour?”.
Not saying that the Government is not at fault, like I said, I find it wild that it can concoct a crime to entrap one of its own citizens. Completely insane and liable to corruption.
Also not saying his sentence is not seemingly over-long either, it does seem disproportionate.
But we know this guy is capable of murder so I find it strange that he is canonized to such a degree.
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Hey I’m not saying Ross was a saint. I’m certainly not canonizing him. Yes, he went down some bad paths and did wrong. But the question remains. Who was harmed by Ross?
2 life sentences when a victim is not identifiable is, as the OP stated, so messed up.
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Folks that overdosed, or were inadvertently given the drugs, or children who consumed the parent’s drugs were harmed
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