It's not under the control of any particular government, which excites people who view governments as evil mutants
Or with different connotations: it's not under the control of any particular person or group, which excites people who think power corrupts.
We've started a habit of creating periodic Bitcoin threads to confine discussion thereof to those threads and prevent excessive proliferation of Bitcoin topics in the discussion section. Here is a link to the last one, which links the other discussions. Lot's to talk about, and another bounce in Bitcoin's value (up to 33 then down to 24), so share your links and thoughts!