Some religions require a body to be buried intact. This law will and should be struck down. I can understand temporary holding for forensic use, but this is a disaster waiting to happen.

what about Osama's porn STACHE...  surely they can't detain that indefinitely.

Was Vod just hired as a cop in Texas?

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Again, back to my point... does banning them stop them? No, it barely slows them down, and it has side effects for other users who may use the same services as the scammer with no ill intent, not to mention innocent people who are accused and forced to prove their innocence to angry mobs. The real question is, what makes you think you can stop them? Why is it Mastercard and Visa haven't been able to solve this problem yet, but you think you have the solution?

Please tell me how you can really honestly say you are punishing or stopping scammers using these methods. Calling people out is one thing, but then when you enter into messing with the trust system and banning you are entering a whole new arena of vectors for additional abuse and obfuscation.

Banning scammers isn't going to fix anything. You know what that will do? All it will do is slowly result in all anonymizer services and IPs being banned from BCT. It isn't very hard to get a new IP.

You are all still hyper-focused on finding and punishing scammers (a losing battle), that you totally ignore teaching preventative measures that show people how to protect themselves. Ignore Bitcoin for a second and look at the world and how absolutely saturated it is with scams, all around us. How do you protect yourself from them in daily life? Do you expect the police to protect you? Most people don't. Most people rely on their own past experiences, or the advice of others to prevent being involved in such situations.

Furthermore the individuals that created Bitcoin did so to allow people an environment where 3rd parties were not dictating everything to two parties trading all the time. If you want police to protect you, then that also means you are subject to their potential over reach and abuse. There is no way around this, EXCEPT teaching yourself (and others) the best practices for preventing being scammed. The lazy and the ignorant will ALWAYS be robbed, it is the way it has always been, and the way it always will be like it or not. It is a persistent and inherent feature of technological progression.

Teaching people not to be victims is the only way to stop victimization and stop the supply of funds to thieves. Hacking away at scammers like this is about as efficient as playing whack-a-mole, and not every mole that pops its head out is bad.

Have you considered that it is a thankless job because it doesn't fix anything and often causes far more harm than good? Does "scambusting" really stop scammers or are they in reality back in minutes under a new name at it all over again? Have none of you learned from history what happens when people continue to fight endless & unwinnable wars? We should be focusing on educating users how to protect themselves, not supporting wannabe forum rentacops shotgunning randomly at the user base hoping they hit a scammer.

Yeah, probably better just to spend a few bits with me instead of putting people at risk ; )

While I have often been critical of the mods/staff here, this course of action is not appropriate for several reasons.

1. As the custodian for the coins, the fact that you physically lost control of them is your legal responsibility. It doesn't really matter how this happened. Also, why do you not have backups?

2. Your wife effectively committed an act of theft, not just from you, but also all donators to the forum. This puts her personally under criminal liability.

3. Because this is all based on a criminal act she is also likely liable to be charged with extortion as well because of the demands made based on the offer of return of stolen property.

This is not good for either of you. I hope you can help her understand this for both of your sakes. While I understand the frustration with how this forum is run, this will only cause more problems for you, her, and others.

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You forgot the ability for vertical landing and takeoff. That saves a lot of money on building landing strips. Also like others have said the propellers are designed to promote stability over efficiency.

If you want a real scandal check out how Maxwell's models for energy were modified to leave out longitudinal wave energy in order to promote a less efficient and wasteful economy because it is more profitable.

you forgot to add "essa tress trolls" as an option. C.O. Giorgio Tsoukalos.

cool story bro.

The problem is I see through your baiting and divisive tactics. Some of your complaints may or may not be valid. However your approach to getting these problems solved seems to be a problem in itself. For this reason I am averse to aligning with you on ANY topic. The simple fact that you are trying to get me involved in this way ensures I don't. So go ahead and bait away, I am not biting.

His whole point is that the act of avoiding surveillance itself is beginning to become criminalized.

All of these legal constructs they are making under the guise of maritime law to strip national sovereignty and common law are nothing short of treason.

Perhaps if you are lucky he will dump some raw sewage onto the crowd like he did in Chicago.

At least I am only beating one dead horse. You have an entire stable of them.