Thanks to all for their comments, I should say that I wrote the above primarily because of a thread (that now appears to have vanished) in which the OP described some TV stars who would definitely be pro free markets for drugs (Bill Maher on HBO I think, but I could be mistaken), but whom on a television show involving the question "what can you buy with bitcoin" were very obviously studiously avoiding the subject of SR.That pissed me off.Although they may be considering themselves 'astute' regarding their employment prospects, the fact of the matter is that they're not living up to their convictions. It's no good to philosophize in theory and kowtow to the DEA in practice. It's like dying your hair pink to rebel against your parents when you're a teenager but continuing to let them pay the electric bill, it doesn't compute.There is a long, long list of celebrities who should publicly endorse the Silk Road because they *already are anti drug war and pro free market*.You cannot be anti drug war and pro free market without endorsing the Silk Road because that would make you a total hypocrite. You don't support the Drug War? Big woop, guess what, practically nobody does, it's no news story, not even for hardcore conservatives like Pat Robertson. You ain't taking no leap against convention by stating you're against the Drug War on television, if anything it's the reverse.Here are a list of just three people Pine thinks should publicly endorse the Silk Road and darknet markets in general:Penn Jillette http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/05/21/penn_jillette_on_drug_war_states_rights_doesnt_mean_jack_sht_to_obama.htmlBill Maherhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/22/eugene-jarecki-bill-maher_n_1906689.htmlRon Paulhttp://www.ontheissues.org/2012/Ron_Paul_Drugs.htmIf just these three people took a stand, and said, look, this isn't perfect but it sure as hell is beating the crap out of the alternatives, put their signatures to a letter endorsing the Silk Road, then a huge blow against the cartels and DEA would be effected. I mean like it or not, the Silk Road is part of the national conservation on drug policy.What exactly is there to lose? If you're going to be arrested for having your opinion on something this important, then your civil liberties were a fiction, defunct anyway.I would like to see dozens of celebrities, libertarian politicians coming out of the "SR closet". SR is huge, it's the elephant in the room for every person debating who purposes to legalize drugs and every libertarian.All you need to do is:Put up some kind of flag/signed message or something on your official website to signify your move, and then make an AMA thread or some statement on SR Forums so that we know it is genuine. Each person coming out of the closet will make a huge difference. Otherwise consider yourself [REDACTED] from the list of libertarians.If anybody on the forum knows of a way to get this message/thread to the right kind of people, it would be appreciated.