PLEASE READ THIS POST!!!!
Everyone, Guests, Primers, Lurkers,
Please do two things:
1) Donate to Prime - the bill for internet bandwidth is gonna kill poor Lud (the site owner) for the next few months.
2) DO NOT APPROACH, ENGAGE, HARASS, ETC Nick in the real world!!!!
three good reasons:
1) this is an online indiscretion, fairly handled in the forum that it started in, not fair to involve people who are around him, family, neighbors, etc.
2) Assuming Nick has a fiance and kids (which fairness indicates we should assume) they are really not part of this and deserve to be kept innocent
3) There is a big difference between ragging on a guy and assaulting him - but when you make it a "person to person" thing it turns into assault very quickly (for all you non-lawyers, assault is the perceived threat of violence, assault and battery (aka assault causing bodily hard) is when you actually touch the person)
Please, most of you are guests in "our" online space - if anything happens "we" will end up holding the responsibility bag and you will be off living in your foreign country obliviously. Party here if you like, but don't make it unlivable for us.
Also, Nick's kids couldn't choose their father, and it will be their burden for their whole lives, as someone who has kids I beg all of you to accept my point of view even if you disagree with it - Nick should not be addressed, approached, phoned, stalked, etc. offline PERIOD!
Obviously, based on the tenure of my involvement in the community as well as the number of posts I've made - I'm not Nick, I'm not even a sympathizer of his - but I do respect his family - and so should you.
Everyone, Guests, Primers, Lurkers,
Please do two things:
1) Donate to Prime - the bill for internet bandwidth is gonna kill poor Lud (the site owner) for the next few months.
2) DO NOT APPROACH, ENGAGE, HARASS, ETC Nick in the real world!!!!
three good reasons:
1) this is an online indiscretion, fairly handled in the forum that it started in, not fair to involve people who are around him, family, neighbors, etc.
2) Assuming Nick has a fiance and kids (which fairness indicates we should assume) they are really not part of this and deserve to be kept innocent
3) There is a big difference between ragging on a guy and assaulting him - but when you make it a "person to person" thing it turns into assault very quickly (for all you non-lawyers, assault is the perceived threat of violence, assault and battery (aka assault causing bodily hard) is when you actually touch the person)
Please, most of you are guests in "our" online space - if anything happens "we" will end up holding the responsibility bag and you will be off living in your foreign country obliviously. Party here if you like, but don't make it unlivable for us.
Also, Nick's kids couldn't choose their father, and it will be their burden for their whole lives, as someone who has kids I beg all of you to accept my point of view even if you disagree with it - Nick should not be addressed, approached, phoned, stalked, etc. offline PERIOD!
Obviously, based on the tenure of my involvement in the community as well as the number of posts I've made - I'm not Nick, I'm not even a sympathizer of his - but I do respect his family - and so should you.