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sidibe | on: Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
The sympathy for this guy from so many of you makes me sad.

The messages show he wanted and thought he was getting people murdered. But that's perfectly OK because it was actually the evil FBI he was talking to!

77pt77 | parent
Surely you must understand that he was also white and solid middle class.

And he was able to code sloppy LAMP code.

sidibe | root | parent
Ah I hadn't seen his photo. Could have been me after a night of drinking, lets not ruin the poor guys life just because of a few callous decisions.