Quote from: HeadDoc on July 09, 2012, 01:09 amLets keep this thing as quiet as possible, b/c i think it's more than enough established already. i see noobs ever other time i log onto SR and i don't wanna get pinched by no dweebAre you serious HeadDoc?! May I ask how YOU found out about Silk Road? Hypothetically speaking, if it were possible, would it be just to wipe every trace of Silk Road from clearweb tweets and news reports?! I myself found out about SR after the very first Gawker article and have since spent many thousands of US $ here. The publicity that surrounds us is the best possible thing for ALL of us. Just because YOU now know about Silk Road, does that mean your peers shouldn't be afforded the same opportunities as you?Everybody was a 'noob' once. Given your viewpoint I would hazard a guess that you remain a 'noob.'We don't need to keep SR quiet, we need to shout it from the rooftops. We need to convince others to start using it to purchase their product of choice. We need to allow the masses to enlighten themselves through the purchase of personally enlightening subtstances. We need to allow those of us who are addicted to substances to purchase peer reviewed products without risking being robbed or being supplied with bunk / dangerous product. We need to allow our experimenting teens purchase products which are vouched for, tested, and for which they have some degree of recourse rather than sending them out onto the street looking to score who knows what from their neighbourhood dealer, with the risks inherent therein.Ladies and gents, if you cannot see the value of Silk Road beyond the fact that it caters very well to your choice of substances, you're missing the entire point of what Silk Road / Dread Pirate Roberts envisioned. Sure, Silk Road is a money-making entity, but it HAS to be in order to finance it's security. I don't think anybody would begrudge DPR his/her/their rightful cut of the earnings either.Silk Road is revolutionary in the extreme, but not just for personal choice. Every product we purchase stands for something. Every Dollar/Euro/Pound/Rand/Franc we spend here makes a statement. A statement that we support freeing our brethren from the shackles of their forced criminality. A statement that we need to breathe life into those who are being destroyed by 'the system.' A statement that we need to and WILL offer a lifeline to those who are forced into local 'criminality'. We need to support those who CHOOSE to enlighten their communities and customers by supplying the BEST product in their locality. We need to move away from punishing personal choice. We need to move away from government thinking they 'know what's best." WE ARE ALL BORN FREE. WE ALL DIE FREE. It is the constraints of bondage of GOVERNMENT that take away our free will during the course of our lives. EVERY SINGLE HUMAN IS BORN FREE.Though I am atheist, to those of you who are of a religious persuasion, and your governments who blindly follow the the same ideals: did God not grant every individual free will?! Did He/She/It not afford you the opportunity to make your own choices in life?! Who is your government to take away your NATURAL, FREE rights?! Who is your government to say that you cannot partake in something simply because they consider it to be 'bad'?! WHO IS ONE MAN, OR ONE WOMAN, TO TELL YOU THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT DO SOMETHING WITH *YOUR* BODY?! Rise up. Fight the tyranny inherent in the system you've come to rely on. Never allow yourself to be instructed by another entity, especially an entity with self-preservation on it's mind.The system isn't going to change because of our small actions. We need to TAKE CONTROL of the system in order to change it. We have the ways and means to do this through mass revolt. Unfortunately a HUGE number of us couldn't be bothered. As much of a hypocrite as it may make me, I must include myself there. I have no shame in admitting that, because it is the truth. We must force out the lies, both from ourselves and from our governments. We must eliminate governmental self-preservation, and we must eliminate personal ideals of self-preservation. We must - together and in complete agreement - fight for the right of the individual to govern him/herself.HeadDoc, tell your friends about Silk Road. Foster their potential anti-government sentiment. Encourage them to fight for what is naturally RIGHT. Never let anyone tell you that you are doing wrong by fostering the spirit of rebellion. Without rebellion, our people as a whole would have been crushed under some flag or another centuries ago.Keep up the good fight. Never give in. Never give up. Never capitulate to those whose sole purpose is to take away your freedom.To quote someone FAR wiser than I: be the change you wish to see in the world.- grahamgreene