![ross.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmV9RuoYf4reDojwVjNScq8LRocf3purFcBSzTLJJuqcYS/ross.jpg) ## The other day on Facebook, I saw this touching letter from Ross Ulbricht **@rossulbricht** to Jeff Berwick **@dollarvigilante**: ![IMG_4279.PNG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUmYvdv6L22c45VgnAB14Z8UrojvDhWKE9TD9uybCL5J4/IMG_4279.PNG)

## I was really moved by Ross's letter, and left this comment on Jeff's post.

![IMG_4280.PNG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUX1cuNrPQfy9D2pDrSNkpL6muR6SvxBnm3xZ9G5ivCGJ/IMG_4280.PNG) ________ (I apologize for not, for the life of me, being able to figure out the formatting to reduce the font size! I truly don't mean to yell. Please imagine all of the following words spoken in a calm, soothing voice. Because the reality itself, screams.) For a long time, I've wanted to give public thanks to Ross, and his crusading mom, Lyn. HIS LIFE HAS BEEN SACRIFICED -- TWICE! -- while many of us "on the outside," enjoy the liberties all adults should be granted, without hindrance or interference. In [**a recent Steemit post**](https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@rossulbricht/silk-road-case-shows-threat-to-privacy-rights), Lyn cautions of our threatened privacy rights, and opens with: "My son, Ross Ulbricht, received two life sentences for non-violent charges associated with his alleged role in the Silk Road website." The hyper-excessive sentencing heaped upon Ross is proportionate not to the "crime" he committed, but to just how formidable agencies recognize this SUBVERSIVE TECHNOLOGY to be. Look how many of 'em came together to gang up on him! ![Silk Road Seized.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUACexFYb9R5UBqTekM9ETSvHdPSRBTRMgiKE4crAf6HE/Silk%20Road%20Seized.jpg) Why can't they coordinate their efforts to figure out the riddle to why our top three leading causes of death (heart disease, cancer and pharmaceuticals) are all lifestyle induced? Why are we living socially-engineered lives that oppose our very own well-being, while a brilliant digital abolitionist gets his life stolen, twice? Up, has become down. Down, has become up. Meanwhile, Silk Road put power + medicine in my hands, and thousands of others.

Well before Illinois rolled out its highly restricted medical marijuana program, I had stumbled on a way AROUND their disinformed tyranny.

That. Was. And. Is. EMPOWERING. And the fact that this man's innate rights have, in turn, been so deeply violated, breaks my heart. He deserves a Nobel Prize for technological innovation, not a double life-sentence. Learn more at [freeross.org](https://freeross.org/?v=47e5dceea252) _________________ Upvote. Resteem. [Follow Me](https://steemit.com/@erikaharris).

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