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[swarnie]

Sorry, i thought the fact we were discussing a move by Sweden, in English on a website dominated by Americans kind of gave the game away.

We should reopen the thread with a different premise.

"Crypto currencies have no place or value in the western world"

[ur-whale → swarnie]

> "Crypto currencies have no place or value in the western world"

If the current demand for it, as measured by the market price is any kind of indicator, you have your work cut out for you trying to convince people.

[VMG → swarnie]

It hat the same place as encryption for the same reason. And it is being fought like encryption was, for the same reasons.

[DonHopkins → VMG]

Wrong.

Nobody ever fought encryption because of its environmental impact and contribution to global warming and wasted energy, or because it burns lots of coal and causes cancer and lung disease.

[VMG → DonHopkins]

Correct, they picked other excuses.

[DonHopkins → VMG]

You're picking other excuses for shilling cryptocurrency to detract from the hard cold sociopathic fact that you don't give a flying fuck about the environment or public health.