Quote from: SelfSovereignty on January 22, 2013, 06:36 pmI'm not really sure why doxing itself does, but given that I sort of said something about paralyzing them up there, I feel compelled to point out that I didn't mean anything like this suggestion and I agree completely -- actually killing them or something is just way, way, way too far. This is a drug site, and I do believe drugs should be legal, but let's face it: there are probably some pretty cold, heartless people in the nooks and crannies, and giving them an address and a reason to hold a grudge may not be the best idea ever, ya know.Quote from: Razorspyne on January 23, 2013, 07:27 pmI was going to ask if "doxing" was a worm or virus? Glad somebody told me. (Also SS 3 of your posts have been deleted since last night(Edit. Sorry, may have been astor. oops). Weird. Or maybe not. A lot of threads were locked/phucked around last night.) Why did he say doxing not killing? I thought we were still on the slow loris thing? (Not a tech-head. Well.... only around amateurs like IT consultants ::) ) Also, dbz4u, that Roky Erickson is an idiot; ignore his comments. Doesn't say a lot for Silk Road mods (no offense fellers) that he isn't banned.Piece out. Drive safely. Eat plenty.The whole idea behind Silk Road - and behind these forums - is that we can remain completely anonymous as we go about our business, and freely discuss topics which could otherwise draw attention to us in a personal manner. The idea behind 'doxing' someone is releasing their personal information - an action, which results in the polar opposite of everything that this forum and community stands for.Quote from: Tarnished on January 23, 2013, 07:39 pmQuote from: grahamgreene on January 22, 2013, 06:12 pmThat is a ridiculous proposition. 'Doxing', regardless of the actions of the person causing the problem, goes against everything that Silk Road, DPR, and this community stand for.Outrageous.- grahamgreeneI suspect you could get quite the philosophical debate going over what exactly SR et. all "stands for." Regardless, I'm suddenly reminded of early William Gibson novels wherein nation states have largely crumbled, but corporations have taken over behaving in exactly the same way. If you think of SR as an embryonic post-governmental entity, then GrahamGreene is completely right: by launching an attack, we emulate the behavior of modern day nation states that we deplore so much. We walk a fine line.We've engaged in such debates on numerous occasions over the past 12 months or so, but exactly what SR et. al stand for is clearly expressed in DPR's posts from the days he/she was known as 'Silk Road' on the forums, and before.Though the size of our community has exploded since then, its core values remain the same, spurred on by the strong foundations that DPR has laid down.As a community, we must not become that which we are fighting so hard to gain freedom from. A fine line we walk indeed.- grahamgreene