I guess this is paraphrasing Friedrich Nietzsche. I remember quoting this on a discussion with my mother, about 5 years ago. She replied: "So you're saying that if a kid gets bullied every time he steps out the door, will turn up stronger or afraid?". At the beginning I thought she just didn't get it but after elaborating the phrase more and more I came to the conclusion that either it's awfully incomplete (there should be a second part missing somewhere) or it's just plain wrong.

Related to bitcoin, of course if Russia, EU, JP, China, US, AU, Brazil and Turkey decide that it's illegal and should be stopped for the greater good, bitcoin with it's current form will either die or lose a huge % of it's current value.

I understand that it's good (and to me a little bit suspicious) to come clean and totally intact out of DPR bust and SK downfall, survive MtGox's failure, but ultimately if beaten too hard it's going to die not become stronger.