The internet reacts to Mt. Gox’s woes
It’s big news by now; the Magic: the Gathering Online eXchange (Mt. Gox) has had assets seized by ICE (a division of the DHS) due to flagrantly violating the law. This made the internet angry. Well, maybe not the whole internet, but enough of it is upset to give us something to point and laugh at.
Let’s get this party started by calling people Hitler:
https://twitter.com/c01212uqti0n/status/335056183079604224
The government/PayPal/banks are afraid of Bitcoin!
Not everybody on Twitter is pessimistic though:
Yeah, I’m pretty sure this argument won’t work at all:
There’s more to social media than Twitter, which is why we’ve found these for you:
David Wendt
May 16, 2013 @ 4:36 pm
So much stupidity. Look, think about it this way: The US government didn’t take down MtGox for being a Bitcoin exchange. They took it down for being a barely functional piece of shit.
John Andersson
May 16, 2013 @ 5:36 pm
More of these whiny morons, thank.
Also: http://www.splcenter.org/blog/topics/sovereign-citizens/
William
May 17, 2013 @ 7:15 pm
I like how one of them is wearing a hat from the Varsity. Atlanta’s shittiest diner combined with the world’s shittiest “currency”.
Anonamouse
June 9, 2013 @ 4:58 pm
I think Magic the Gathering Online Exchange is going to be in the news again soon, if the following screencap is to be believed.
http://i.imgur.com/F6qAq3l.png