[gouggoug]

The disclaimer is interesting:

The following information is for educational purposes only, I have no affiliation with the Silk Road 2.0, nor have I ever purchased anything off the site. As far as I know, visiting the site and writing about it with no intention to buy (commit a crime) is perfectly legal.

Any lawyers could confirm the last part of the disclaimer?

[phpnode]

what crime would a visitor be committing?

[tedks]

Attempt to traffic narcotics across state lines?

Seems certainly enough for an unfightable civil forfeiture case.

It doesn't really matter if you're committing a crime. The police will trash your life anyway if you look at them funny. If you're a black man they'll shoot you in the back while you're on the ground. There's nothing stopping them.

[baq]

a thoughtcrime seems perfectly fine here.

[Havoc]

I'd imagine something along the lines of "knowing about a crime being committed without reporting it".

[malka]

I'm not sure the cops would like it, if each person who ever visited SR out of curiosity gave them a phone call.

[extempore]

The purpose of criminalizing such activity is not to discourage people from engaging in it. It is to guarantee that everyone is a criminal, thereby ensuring that leverage is always available.