Perhaps, but we can only go on the evidence as it currently stands. The guides that ron paul sells are presumably not mailed as a textbook, but delivered in a digital format. It would then stand to reason that threatening to kill everyone that leaves him a bad rating would be a bit ridiculous as all he would have is their Silk Road username or an email address. As for going on the blacklist, that is simply an informal list that vendors keep amongst themselves. Not every vendor checks it, nor does every vendor that does check it decide not to sell to the member that was blacklisted. At least ONE feedback would reflect low quality if low quality were the case here. Libertas