Quote from: divinechemicals on May 01, 2013, 08:02 pmCome on, this goes completely against everything Silk Road stands for. The Silk Road is fighting the War on Drugs. It is not our place to say, "Well, you don't get to fight the government in the War on Drugs because you missed the boat." The Silk Road gives easily accessible safe, quality drugs to ANYONE who chooses to join. Will there be some obstacles along the way? Of course. No revolution happens without some difficulties. But if we decide to give up and start limiting who is allowed to participate, then we admit defeat at the hands of the state. DPR and his team have shown that they are up to the challenge. In the grand scheme of things, a few weeks of off and on service is a slight distraction compared to the amazing things we as a community have already accomplished. Now isn't the time to be selfish. I'm all for letting anyone join the revolution. The more we have, the better. Perhaps the Silk Road is no longer a secret, but hey, I say that might be a good thing! It means that more people are joining us everyday, and the government is powerless to stop it. That being said, any vendor who wishes may of course go into stealth mode and start accepting only current customers or customers that have impeccable stats. That's fine, that's their right as salesmen in the free market. But the free market itself can't be shut down like that. I'd rather be patient and let DPR work out the kinks than have the site adopt a philosophy that basically says you're not allowed to join the fight unless you know the right people. That philosophy already existed when drugs were all bought on the street. The Silk Road is supposed to end that problem. If you want to put a substance in your body, here is your golden ticket.+karma x 10000I am patient. I am in this for the long haul. I don't care about a couple of days or even weeks of downtime. Consider that the State has created "downtime" in the entire country for the drug consumer. In comparison, this is nothing.I understand vendor frustration but this is NOTHING in comparison to being dragged away and put into a cage. In fact 9/10 vendors see it this way too, that's what this thread has shown.The ones kvetching are mainly the buyers, who frankly are expecting just a bit too much. This place only looks like Amazon.com. This is the beginning of a black market industrial revolution. It's been only going on for about 2 years! There will be hiccups and you should expect the occasional inconvenience when *practically every single law enforcement on the planet is trying to shut this place down!*