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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: Libertas on 03 October 2013, 01:51:32
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Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in arms,
It is
with a heavy heart that I come before you today. A heart filled with
sadness for the infringements of our freedoms by government oppressors,
and a heart filled with sadness for the pain that all of you whom have
lost everything are feeling.
Silk Road has fallen.
Whilst
this is devastating to me personally on so many levels, and I will not
be commenting on the arrest of any person portrayed by the media as
"Dread Pirate Roberts", it serves to strengthen my resolve to fighting
the hands of Law Enforcement that are committed to strangling personal
freedom from our bodies, demonstrating a lack of conscience and justice
on their part in the process. They will stop at nothing to enforce the
unjust laws created and maintained by the societal and governmental
framework within which they operate, and the actions of one persona, the
Dread Pirate Roberts, has managed to stymie their efforts for two and a
half years.
Think about that for a moment.
Dread Pirate
Roberts - as a persona - has singlehandedly kept world governments at
bay for two and a half years. This idea that this one entity can
successfully thwart the phenomenal resources and bloodthirsty power of
numerous governments for so long is something that should be taken to
heart, and never forgotten. We have the power to fight these agents of
oppression, to fight the governments that task them with that
oppression, and with the fires that Silk Road has stoked in our hearts
and minds we must do just that.
Dread Pirate Roberts has shown
that free people can engage in consensual free-market transactions for
any good or service that they desire without societal or community
breakdown, nor the need for enforcement from jackbooted thugs. Silk Road
as an experiment has shown that the idea of the free-market is one that
works, and works exceptionally well.
We must stand on the
shoulders of this tragedy that has befallen us and raise high what still
remains - our sense of community, freedom and justice. No doubt we will
all regroup elsewhere, and I look forward to seeing all of you again,
still free and still engaging in free trade without government
interference into your personal affairs.
Whilst Silk Road may
have fallen, its spirit will spring eternal. The spirit of this
community that has inspired and helped so many will continue to live on
regardless of what governments wish to say about it. It has been an
absolute pleasure serving and working with all of you, and I sincerely
wish you all the best for the future wherever you choose to go.
The
Dread Pirate Roberts is a revolutionary, a comrade in arms and a true
hero who will live on as such in our hearts and minds without fail for
as long as we breathe. His ideals and sacrifices will never be
forgotten, and they will spur the next generation of revolutionaries
into action against oppression.
To the members of Law Enforcement
that are no doubt reading this, many of you may have received pats on
the back and "high-fives" from your peers. You may feel good now,
ecstatic even, but I urge you to consider the effects of your actions.
You are going to see more bloodshed on our streets (note "our", not
"your", for those streets belong to the people), and more dealer on
buyer violence as free people that wish to engage in activities that
harm none are forced to return to their previous methods of securing the
goods that they wish to put into their own bodies. That blood is now on
your hands, and the hands of the politicians that you live to serve and
serve to live. I pity you, for as long as you live to serve you will
never know freedom.
To the community at large, you have been
nothing short of incredible. Keep fighting the good fight, and never let
they who are bound by the chains of law tell you that you are not
permitted to be free simply because they are shackled themselves.
Governments tells us that we are free but the reality is that the moment
we are born we are shackled by the rule of law. Government has no place
in a free society, and we need to make sure that they who deem it their
right to take away the natural rights of others as free beings are made
fully aware of that.
Take the fight wherever it is needed, and
support every effort to take your government down. You are justified in
those actions as they would not hesitate to take you down for standing
up for your freedom.
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
It has been an honor and a privilege to be part of something so incredible with all of you.
Until we meet again, brothers and sisters.
Libertas
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well said libertas well said! its ashame but we shall prevail!
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Thanks for the post. Any advice on where we should go instead, bmr
or sheep? maybe we will eventually see a new and improved SR..
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this was beautiful.
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Until we meet again Brother !
VERY WELL SAID !
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I wish you well Libertas and the rest of the SR team.The Road is
truly revolutionary, I do not think we have seen the last of "Dread
Pirate Roberts" ..Time to trash this laptop..
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Great words our friend and may the best be with you.
Question though, what happened to all of the backup plans? Many backup URLs that were created for this very scenario, etc.?
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Hope the $1k a week payments have been tumbled to beyond shit.
Thanks for everything you did.
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Damn this is sad.
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Great words our friend and may the best be with you.
Question though, what happened to all of the backup plans? Many backup URLs that were created for this very scenario, etc.?
Law
Enforcement seizing the server was most probably never envisioned so
I'm not sure what will happen with those. I think it highly unlikely
that they will come online.
Libertas
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We envisioned the server being seized from day 1.
The backup
URL's would be if the private keys of the initial URL were compromised,
seizing the server is one way of compromising them. Should be a backup
server, even a current imaged backup that can be redeployed with one of
the new URL's just change the private keys.
Being overly
simplistic here in the post and you understand that, but the kind of
radical mission that was envisioned here should have backup plan that is
viable beyond a server being seized. ?
Can these forums be archived for the knowledge contained and maintained in some way?
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Great words our friend and may the best be with you.
Question though, what happened to all of the backup plans? Many backup URLs that were created for this very scenario, etc.?
Law
Enforcement seizing the server was most probably never envisioned so
I'm not sure what will happen with those. I think it highly unlikely
that they will come online.
Libertas
Although
DPR is a great guy, he should have shared the source code of the
website with at least one other person so the site could be relaunched
within 2hrs after FBI get the server. There are plenty of offshore VPS
providers that accept bitcoin and total anonymity. I guess he and most
of us just neglected the human element. Tor is a great system but in the
end he left quite a huge trail (understandable since in 2000 - 2001 he
was lacking the technical knowledge to pull this off).
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We envisioned the server being seized from day 1.
The
backup URL's would be if the private keys of the initial URL were
compromised, seizing the server is one way of compromising them. Should
be a backup server, even a current imaged backup that can be redeployed
with one of the new URL's just change the private keys.
Being
overly simplistic here in the post and you understand that, but the kind
of radical mission that was envisioned here should have backup plan
that is viable beyond a server being seized. ?
Can these forums be archived for the knowledge contained and maintained in some way?
Yes..seized servers should probably have been incorporated in any backup plan ... ???
But okay anyway ...mirroring the forums is very very important..
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Libra, why was the scamming allowed? So many times support looked
the other way. Why? No reason to lie no. What was the thinking behind
it?
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We envisioned the server being seized from day 1.
The
backup URL's would be if the private keys of the initial URL were
compromised, seizing the server is one way of compromising them. Should
be a backup server, even a current imaged backup that can be redeployed
with one of the new URL's just change the private keys.
Being
overly simplistic here in the post and you understand that, but the kind
of radical mission that was envisioned here should have backup plan
that is viable beyond a server being seized. ?
Can these forums be archived for the knowledge contained and maintained in some way?
I'm
afraid I can offer no further information on any of that, flwrchlds9.
I'm not sure what the plan was with the backups but my presumption is
that they will not be going online. If they do, ensure that you proceed
with caution.
To all of you, please note that it is not
impossible that the forum is in the hands of LE. We have no way of
knowing that at this time. With that in mind, please ensure that you
have scripts disabled and use PGP when discussing anything via private
message.
Libertas
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Lib I'm sorry about the argument we had about me getting banned.
Regardless of the altercation we had I'm glad that you and SSBD and
Cirrus are free.
Thanks for the memories and the opportunity DPR.
You guys are beautiful.
Brilliant
strategy by the way guys. Just leave a bunch of people pissed off and
without connects and let us roam loose in society again.
Fuck the Police.
Regards,
BruceCampbell
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Respect Sir and we have all enjoyed the ride with you.
Please
do what you can to put in motion any kind of backup of the forums.
Somebody that can needs to follow through with this. A simple archive of
the forums can be made very easily and re-hosted on a dozen different
onion sites in a few hours. This single point of failure protocol that
appears to be emerging is a little disappointing.
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since you're still around, what do you make of the claim that SR is back up?
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=216859.msg1584293;topicseen#new
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To
the members of Law Enforcement that are no doubt reading this, many of
you may have received pats on the back and "high-fives" from your peers.
You may feel good now, ecstatic even, but I urge you to consider the
effects of your actions. You are going to see more bloodshed on our
streets (note "our", not "your", for those streets belong to the
people), and more dealer on buyer violence as free people that wish to
engage in activities that harm none are forced to return to their
previous methods of securing the goods that they wish to put into their
own bodies. That blood is now on your hands, and the hands of the
politicians that you live to serve and serve to live. I pity you, for as
long as you live to serve you will never know freedom.
I
thought this same thing, that LE should really be thanking DPR for
keeping drug-related crime off the streets. Good job, boys in blue, good
job... now with SR customers not having any real viable online options
anymore, we will have to once again turn back to the streets. We all
know what that entails: more crime, more arrests, etc. etc. Really
helping the community, aren't they?
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:'[ this so sad. i caant lie and say i didnt think this
was coming but what i can say is i didnt think it would affect me the
way it is. Im truely feeling for DPR and this community. i feel like a
piece of me has been taken. i never thought id feel so strong about ppl
ive never met....but at the end of the day ive spent countless hours on
here and i really feel like this is my community. i mean i come here for
questions and i love to help ppl. if the forums go down i dont know
what i would do. Long Live SR!!!!!
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To
the members of Law Enforcement that are no doubt reading this, many of
you may have received pats on the back and "high-fives" from your peers.
You may feel good now, ecstatic even, but I urge you to consider the
effects of your actions. You are going to see more bloodshed on our
streets (note "our", not "your", for those streets belong to the
people), and more dealer on buyer violence as free people that wish to
engage in activities that harm none are forced to return to their
previous methods of securing the goods that they wish to put into their
own bodies. That blood is now on your hands, and the hands of the
politicians that you live to serve and serve to live. I pity you, for as
long as you live to serve you will never know freedom.
I
thought this same thing, that LE should really be thanking DPR for
keeping drug-related crime off the streets. Good job, boys in blue, good
job... now with SR customers not having any real viable online options
anymore, we will have to once again turn back to the streets. We all
know what that entails: more crime, more arrests, etc. etc. Really
helping the community, aren't they?
it's not the boys in blue.
its the shits in suits, they made this happen.
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Great words Libertas. Vale SR.
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I feel the same with you Lib.
I pity all the LE. Fucking slaves, unable to think. Inhuman creatures with robotic and brainwashed mind.
I feel pity of them...
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Lib
I'm sorry about the argument we had about me getting banned. Regardless
of the altercation we had I'm glad that you and SSBD and Cirrus are
free.
Thanks for the memories and the opportunity DPR.
You guys are beautiful.
Brilliant
strategy by the way guys. Just leave a bunch of people pissed off and
without connects and let us roam loose in society again.
Fuck the Police.
Regards,
BruceCampbell
Thanks Bruce. Sorry to have been such a stubborn hardass! I wish you the very best of luck in your future endeavors.
since you're still around, what do you make of the claim that SR is back up?
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=216859.msg1584293;topicseen#new
Absolutely impossible. If I'm unable to log in, he's definitely unable to log in.
Respect Sir and we have all enjoyed the ride with you.
Please
do what you can to put in motion any kind of backup of the forums.
Somebody that can needs to follow through with this. A simple archive of
the forums can be made very easily and re-hosted on a dozen different
onion sites in a few hours. This single point of failure protocol that
appears to be emerging is a little disappointing.
I'm unfortunately unable to help with this but perhaps some others would be able to work on it?
Libertas
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Of course the government doesn't want a fully functioning drug
market online. Not to "protect the public", but to push individuals to
the street, to consume impure products, where violence is common.Doesn't
everyone see, it fits the government narrative, that drug users are
evil, violent psychopaths; when in reality it is the individuals, who
enforce arcane morality laws who are sinister.Allowing pure drugs to be
sold only saves people. The problem with most overdoses are adulterated
or counterfeit substances. This market along with the many contributors,
highlights how a true free market can operate. It shows that humans
really can work together, to form a functioning system without
overbearing state influence. I hope everyone keeps sailing...
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I hope Thomas Harrigan and Sen. Chuck Shumer are happy, sick fuckers.
How many kids will OD on bad molly because of you and your selfish pigs?
All you have to look at is Hank Schrader and Mike Gomez on Breaking Bad to see
what a lost cause this is on your part, you discourage harm reduction, fail to warn the
public when tainted and poisonous drugs come into circulation. keep users from being
able to legally test what they put in their bodies, and for what- for a mistake Nixon made
back in 1970, when he declared War on Drugs, to stop the New Left and the anti-war effort.
The real Kingpin- the head of the Sinaloa cartel, along with the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas,
are chilling in their haciendas, doing more business than silk road did in a year, in less than a
week, killing over 120,000 Mexicans, mostly civilians. Thats TWO Vietnam wars for a country
smaller than the US. These mass murderers, who own private armies are treated better than
a man who simply set up a marketplace for the safe, free exchange of psychotropics(mostly weed
and psychedelics) because drug users are sick of being shot at, robbed, raped, imprisoned, by gangs, and
tortured by police. We will come back stronger, just like the three little pigs, SR v1.0 might have been
built of straw, but the next iteration will be sticks, and when you blow down the stick house, the
next one will be bricks. The next one after that, if you get that far, will be made of reactive armor and
10m thick titanium under half a kilometer of sand. You will curse this day, when you could have done
honest police work and busted some dealers on a fucking open non-invite site. Next time, it will
be harder, I assure you. Global connections have been made, ideas have spread, and soon governments
will fear their people more than people fear their government(or what is left of it.) Your choosing
of this day, with all of the media coverage of the shutdown was a smokescreen, to take away from
the fact that YOU the government, and your wealthy benefactors, profit more from illegal drugs
than all the dealers combined. Want proof? a low-level drug user/dealer costs $30-40k to keep in
prison per year, 99% of SR users on here for 2 years haven't even spent that much money, so
it is obvious that the government has nothing but blood on its hands, bloody money.
Every drug related death that could have been prevented by good practices and safe gear is now
YOUR fault, because it could have been prevented. Oh yeah, while you were busting this site,
100 metric tonnes of Spice and other unsafe, untested drugs were imported from China right under
your nose. You weren't on watch, I guess, so its your fault.
FUCK OFF, DEA!!!! Your misdeeds will catch up with you,
do you really want an entire generation angry with you? you've done it.
I'm not going to do anything radical or violent, and I don't suggest anyone else do that.
I would ideally like to see some kind of silent/anonymous protest, like stickers on
various public places, that say "THE DEA KILLS KIDS." and "WE WARNED YOU."
WHo is with me?
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Respect...
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Libertas,
Can you shed any light on whether or not
someone(feds) having access to the server means they can see all
processing orders? If someone had their address unencrypted could they
see it, or would they have to go through to each individual user and
look at their orders? Can they also easily see all of the collective
individual user wallets on the server?
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it a shame , everything DPR fought against finally came back to bite
him, and there are many things saying some BS about a murder charge or
some fake ID shit, clearly this was the work of a rat, someone close to
DPR and knew things of him and about him and than screwed him, im sure
most ppl will be ok, but the one who
is responsible for day in and
out keeping the site up and allowing us to express our liberties of
freedom as human beings is now behind bars.....if only there was a way
to rally up and help him out, damn quite a sad day for this strong
community
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Thanks Libertas, now do like the others and get lost. ok?
(again, in the nicest possible way of course)
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Libra,
why was the scamming allowed? So many times support looked the other
way. Why? No reason to lie no. What was the thinking behind it?
I hate to feed the troll BUT gtfo with this chit. It's over, what does it matter..
Thanks for the update, Libertas.
Love.
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I say since the mods, Inigo and Libertas are still free you guys
communicate while you still can and bring us Silk Road 2.0. I for one
would think DPR would like everyone to try and continue on. Just one of
those charges is a life term in prison. Something about letting the
brand name die off and have all these people with different skills go
our separate ways is a disservice to someone who possibly sacrificed his
entire life; regardless of his motives.
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So, how about the emergency account withdrawals? and the money we
all have in escrow buyers and sellers alike? Are we giving up all hope
now? For all the confidence of DPR new and old with the
"impenetrability" of this site, where is the back up plans we were
promised? Do I just have to be patient, but this means over 4 grand
personally in losses if this all goes the way it seem it is.
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The tech and payments system driving SR is still solid. DPR got
nailed because he didnt protect himself properly. Simply recreate Silk
Road.
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yall are cruel man obviously Libertas cant. but there are people
here that can dont let DPR die in vein we have to keep the SR Brand
alive! he would want that i promise you if there is anyone out there
that can recreate this impenetrable network you should go forth with it!
i wish i had the knowledge to do as such but my skills lie elsewhere.
keep SR alive no better way to get back at the feds than to launch
silkroad 2! Silkroad reloaded whatever you wanna call it keep the brand
alive we are all members of the Silkroad. Love you all !
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I knew i should have taken advantage of the site while I still
could. But instead i decided on waiting on new listings and lost $80.
But it was nice being able to be part of the community and use the road.
Im going onto Black market for now but hopefully another version of
silkroad come back. Also I heard DPR is not the actual founder of
Silkroad but he bought it or something from the first owner? And also
His account was logged into today not long ago. And also I agree with
the post above me, SR still has the power to be rebuilt.
DRP
messed up while using his marketing tactics which lead to his gmail
being found by the fbi. It was something that nobody could have seen
coming but atleast a lesson was learned from it if anyone would ever
want to be his predecessor
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Libertas,
Can
you shed any light on whether or not someone(feds) having access to the
server means they can see all processing orders? If someone had their
address unencrypted could they see it, or would they have to go through
to each individual user and look at their orders? Can they also easily
see all of the collective individual user wallets on the server?
I
can't comment on that I'm afraid as I'm not sure exactly what LE have
done nor exactly how they have gone about doing it, but you should
presume that all information is compromised and act accordingly.
Thanks Libertas, now do like the others and get lost. ok?
(again, in the nicest possible way of course)
I appreciate that abby.
I
say since the mods, Inigo and Libertas are still free you guys
communicate while you still can and bring us Silk Road 2.0. I for one
would think DPR would like everyone to try and continue on. Just one of
those charges is a life term in prison. Something about letting the
brand name die off and have all these people with different skills go
our separate ways is a disservice to someone who possibly sacrificed his
entire life; regardless of his motives.
We
have initiated backup contact methods amongst ourselves and will try
our best to work something out. However, unfortunately for now the
chances of us having anything to do with any possible implementation of
Silk Road rising from this are nil. Perhaps others can assist in this
regard, but for the moment we cannot associate ourselves with anything;
certainly not until we know the entire story and have trawled through
all court documents to relating to the case against the person that the
LE and the media are portraying as Dread Pirate Roberts.
So,
how about the emergency account withdrawals? and the money we all have
in escrow buyers and sellers alike? Are we giving up all hope now? For
all the confidence of DPR new and old with the "impenetrability" of this
site, where is the back up plans we were promised? Do I just have to be
patient, but this means over 4 grand personally in losses if this all
goes the way it seem it is.
I'm
not sure that the site has "shut down" per se (it could very well still
be up and running with LE replacing the domain landing page with a
seizure notice), so it is unlikely that the backup wallet function has
been activated; keep in mind that it is possible that they may be able
to switch that off. I can't comment further on that because I don't know
the ins and outs of it, but for now you should consider all bitcoins
lost. I'm very sorry. :( I share your pain in that regard.
Libertas
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Well thanks for the closure. Atleast I can sleep now.
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DRP messed up while using his marketing tactics which lead to his gmail
being found by the fbi. It was something that nobody could have seen
coming but atleast a lesson was learned from it if anyone would ever
want to be his predecessor
They'd be his successor; DPR would have preceded them.
Grammar
anal-retentiveness aside, thanks for sticking around Libertas and
giving us some closure about all this. Just have to wait and see what
happens, I suppose. It's a brave new world we're at the forefront of.
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Thanks for fighting the good fight DPR, even though I know you can't read this. Thanks for the liberties you afforded us.
"Oh captain, my captain"
"Oh captain, my captian"
"Oh captain, my captian"
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i am happy that i've been a small part of this movement.
i think SR changed something in my, and probably a lot more peoples, life.
it
was the first time i could get what i wanted for fair prices and good
quality. and if you where cautious you wouldn't get ripped of .
RIP
SR i will miss the time here, thx to all the staff ( i hpe you earned
some btc) all the best to dpr and those other got/get busted
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Im sorry, but it seems amatuerish with the amount of money this site
is worth that just because some dude at a library is caught with his
pants down, that there arent other people with greenback motives who are
ready to restart the site immediately. So the guy got caught, but it
seems like he is the only one involved. It cant be! There have to be
lawyers, predecessors, almost cartel like business figures who are in
the waiting and plans made to keep this place going? There is too much
money at stake to just let it die! How did they even get on the site? So
they caught him and he gave over all passwords and security details,
personal wallet info etc within 1 day? This is ridiculous! Oh and
as for the place called sheep whatever? No thanks, ya sure sounds like a
bunch of blind sheep being hearded into a trap. FML!!
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Im
sorry, but it seems amatuerish with the amount of money this site is
worth that just because some dude at a library is caught with his pants
down, that there arent other people with greenback motives who are ready
to restart the site immediately. So the guy got caught, but it seems
like he is the only one involved. It cant be!
Until
the full extent of this raid is known, restarting SR would be a serious
risk. And the truth is, the full extent likely never will be
known. When something like this happens, the best thing you can do
is step back for a while - not jump forward. And don't believe
everything you read in the news... propaganda is a powerful thing.
I promise you this tho: there will be plenty of follow up on this...
it's big news.
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yall are cruel man
I was not tryin to be cruel. Just realistic.
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A sad day indeed :( I just want everyone to remember that although
you may have lost money you have not lost your freedom. Take all the
proper precautions, clean house if need be, and stay safe. inigo,
Libertas, samesame PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stay safe as I'm sure you may be
in the crosshairs. Everyone else, stay safe, and I'll see you on the
other side..
DanDan out :'(
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i have complete faith in the rest of the team that DPR had in place
to take over and effectively run SR. i think this is just a minor
setback in the overall prevailing of the "DPR Ideals". i dont think this
will last for long im sure someone in the SR community or amongst the
mods has the intelligence to get things back into proper hands and to
carry on what was set forth 2 years ago, its going to suck for the next
couple days/weeks until all is figured out but like said before i know
cirrus, libertas, samesame, inigo, will all do whatever it takes to help
get things straightened out and im sure other members of the community
will step up and help get the this show back on the Road, they cant stop
us for good, they can only set us back momentarily, we are too strong
as a community to let the oppression of LE stop the beauty that has been
created. long live the road and i believe it will be back in full force
and stronger and more profitable than ever! keep up the great work mods
and staff and stay safe!!
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fuck. i spent so many hours here, same with all of you, just reading
everything, getting to know everyone and making money without dealing
with punks, i hope everybody regroups to a place that works at least
till something better gets set up, in the mean time ill be
elsewhere :-X DEA KILLS KIDS >:(
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Silk roaders unite!!!!
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2pac aint dead.
see you niggas on the other side.
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I feel honored to have been a part of this, even though I was just a
mere buyer. The shutting down of SR will ruin way more lives than it
saves. I know what you guys are doing is right, and I have faith that we
will win the war against drugs one day. Long live DPR, and long live
personal freedom
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Libertas, a true thank you for your words. It has been an honor and a
privilege to be a part of this community and it has changed mine and
thousands of others lives forever. We must all take responsibility and
work towards creating a truly free society, this place was a step
towards that.
I wish all the founders, mods, and others who have
helped make this possible a safe journey in the rest of your life and
may our paths cross again in the future.
To DPR, you are an inspiration. Godspeed.
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The only way I can put this into words is with a meme *CLEARNET WARNING*:
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/a8Wo9mV_700b.jpg
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it's funny, a majority of the coins I spent over the ~2 years I've
been around have been largely for medical purposes, you guys have helped
me more than any psychiatrist has, I can't thank all the great vendors
I've had the pleasure of interacting with enough. (and to everybody else
that helped make this place what it was, it was a good coupla years)
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Oh Libertas darling, that post made me cry a bit. I just recently
woke up - after taking some valium and trying to sleep on this news for
an hour or two - with that sinking feeling of "FUCK THAT REALLY
HAPPENED" you get when a loved one dies.
BUT the idea of Silk
Road will never die. This site has set the wheels in motion for the way
things will be at some point in the future when prohibition and
constraints on personal freedom are a quaint thing of the past.
As
for the individual they claim is DPR who is currently in custody, well,
he if it IS him, he said recently that he has already meditated on the
fact that he could well spend the rest of his life is prison. I'm not
saying that makes it alright that he's incarcerated (it breaks my heart)
but he'll work out, read, write, play ping pong and get into his
beloved painting and drawing without the tremendous stress of looking
over his shoulder all day every day without being able to talk to anyone
in RL about it all.
I believe the stress of running SR got to
one so young and highly intelligent - a self-admitted pot smoking
hippy 'softy' - and on some level it'll be a relief knowing this is all
out there now. I think perhaps too he knew we'd all reconvene elsewhere
should the worst happen and the ideals he has woken us ALL up to will
never die.
Also: Just think- so many people who never knew about
Silk Road before GLOBALLY will see the publicity surrounding the case
and his ideals will reach so many more people understanding to the
revolution - millions more than just the several thousand or so people
who wanted to score drugs off the internet.
Someone who knew him personally posted this to reddit - it made me smile :
"I don't feel it's best for anyone to speculate about the allegations, so I won't.
He
was a physics major when I knew him (2002-2006) although we lost touch
after college and he moved out of Dallas back to Austin. The kind of guy
who'd walk around campus barefoot and shirtless wearing a camelbak in
the middle of summer.
I met him at college orientation, and got
to know him really well through a mutual friend, we'd work out daily at
6AM together. Ross was a total hippie and never wore deodorant. I never
said anything but I HATED having him as a spotter because he smelled.
Seriously
though, he is utterly brilliant. You know how people in college like to
think they're being all intellectual and have "deep" conversations?
Well, Ross was for real. He'd lose everyone in the conversation after a
few minutes, he was just thinking through things at a level so
profoundly different than the rest of us.
Great artist as well, he had an incredible notebook full of amazing sketches. Lots of his own art up on the walls too.
He taught me how to meditate, specifically a method I could use to get help get rid of headaches.
But
honestly, most of the time I spent with him was just hanging out in the
on-campus apartments, eating pizza and playing video games. Just like
any other college student. That's why all this feels so unreal.
I actually just posted to his Facebook wall, but I don't expect he'll be able to see it.
Edited to add: he always kicked my ass at ping pong too."
Clearnet link to screencaps of "alleged" DPR's facebook with his art etc http://imgur.com/a/RlQH5
Gone for now, but not forgotten........Viva the revolution baby.
Stay safe, Lib. Much love, thanks and positive vibes your and the other mods' way xo
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Great post Libertas. I will say that I believe in government, I
simply think that our laws regarding drugs is shit. But hardcore
libertarians types are the ones who worked hardest on making SR what it
was.
As I read posts like this I'm always in awe of how
intellectual the leadership and most SR users are. Just fucking look at
us compared to street dealers! I spent a while dealing with some real
pieces of shit when I went on my journey of understanding the street
dealing world and dealing with those schmucks fuckin' sucks. But look at
what us nerds have made here! Any fucking drug you want any fucking
where you want. It's not crazy to predict that a large part of drug
dealing in the future will be controlled by nerds.
SR GOING DOWN
AIN'T SHIT! WE WILL MOVE ON COMRADES! BMR and Sheep are already loadin'
up. Internet drug trafficking is here to stay.