the FUD campaign started

[prof7bit]

Pedophiles were the creation of the media and other dark forces wanting to have an excuse to monitor the internet - before 1994, pedophiles were just dirty old men who hung around parks inviting kids to play with puppies and sharing their sweets!  Everyone know they existed, but the threat was contained!

Bitcoin will get the same treatment, and many people will fall for it.

This will not work so easily. With pedophiles and child porn it is easy to reach consensus amongst the masses, there is a strong emotional component to this topic, everybody loves children and hates when bad things are done to them.

But with bitcoin you can't do that so easily, nobody loves bankers, it would need massive reprogramming of public opinion over many decades to reach the point where people would actually truly *believe* that bitcoins were inherently bad and trying to f*ck up a central banker and his ponzi scheme would be considered immoral.

[afbitcoins]

This is the best thread I've read in a while

Have a confession to make though, I don't know what FUD actually means. lol

I described that Guardian article in my blog as 'probably the worst piece of journalism I've ever read'

Haven't read all the ones in the update though.#

I LOVE that Ghandi quote, so true!

[Fiery Winds]

This is the best thread I've read in a while

Have a confession to make though, I don't know what FUD actually means. lol

I described that Guardian article in my blog as 'probably the worst piece of journalism I've ever read'

Haven't read all the ones in the update though.#

I LOVE that Ghandi quote, so true!

FUD = Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.

[ruski]

Pedophiles were the creation of the media and other dark forces wanting to have an excuse to monitor the internet - before 1994, pedophiles were just dirty old men who hung around parks inviting kids to play with puppies and sharing their sweets!  Everyone know they existed, but the threat was contained!

Bitcoin will get the same treatment, and many people will fall for it.

This will not work so easily. With pedophiles and child porn it is easy to reach consensus amongst the masses, there is a strong emotional component to this topic, everybody loves children and hates when bad things are done to them.

But with bitcoin you can't do that so easily, nobody loves bankers, it would need massive reprogramming of public opinion over many decades to reach the point where people would actually truly *believe* that bitcoins were inherently bad and trying to f*ck up a central banker and his ponzi scheme would be considered immoral.

Or you just call everyone using it baby-killing armed holdup drug addicts and associate them.

[noedaRDH]

When BTCs get really really big, they're going to associate it with terrorism, mark my words.

[Kazu]

When BTCs get really really big, they're going to associate it with terrorism, mark my words.

They already are, at least the press is. The government itself is too, to a certain extent. Read the fincen documents. A rough paraphrase: People or organisations who sell or buy decentralized currencies for fiat must get documents that can uniquely identify each and every user and provide said documemts to the gpvernment whenever the government wants so the government can protect society from terrorists, illegal weapon transfers, and other illegal activities.

[zeroday]

When BTCs get really really big, they're going to associate it with terrorism, mark my words.

"Terrorism" is nowadays the same as witchery was in Medieval ages. Just an excuse for expropriation.