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		jacquesm on April 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What It’s Like to Get Online After 25 Years in Pri... What difference would 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 years make? In other words do you think that he will achieve something today that he would not have been able to achieve 5 years ago?

DigitalJack on April 23, 2013 [–]

I was thinking more along the lines of, "if he hadn't gone to prison, what would he have achieved."

I haven't read much about him, but if he was a dealer and trafficker in cocaine, I think there is a high probability that he would either be dead or not have accomplished much.

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