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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1506533, member: 112"]And therein lies the problem. Go back and read my previous posts in this thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine - on some other forum two members have an argument. One of them is quite upset about it, mad, angry, wanting to get even. (We've all seen similar things happen right here on this forum on a regular basis.) Anyway, the angry guy wants to get even. So he comes to CT where he knows the other guy is also a member. Then he proceeds to trash the guy he's mad at, claiming he ripped him off on some deal. The other guy denies it of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what is CT supposed to do ? Which one are we supposed to believe ? We don't know what happened on the other forum, we aren't even aware that it did happen. All we know is that we have a member "claiming" he got ripped off by another member. So are we supposed to ban the "bad guy" ? If so, based on what ? The word of somebody that we don't even know ? None of the CT staff <u>knows</u> either one of these people. For all we know they could both be lying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now somebody is gonna say yeah but that would never happen, nobody would ever do that. Well lemme tell ya - it does happen. That exact scenario has played out here on CT a couple of times in the past.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are you beginning to see the problem ? People expect the CT staff to be a judge and jury and to take action against the bad guys. But we are supposed to do that based on what - the word of somebody we don't even know ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you get 4 or 5 people to stand up and say - hey that guy ripped us off. Yeah, then we'll probably do something and ban the bad guy. But 1 ? Maybe even 2 ? What would YOU do ? Or better yet, suppose YOU are the one being accused, and YOU KNOW that you are innocent. What would YOU want us to do then ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said, are you beginning to see the problem ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1506533, member: 112"]And therein lies the problem. Go back and read my previous posts in this thread. Imagine - on some other forum two members have an argument. One of them is quite upset about it, mad, angry, wanting to get even. (We've all seen similar things happen right here on this forum on a regular basis.) Anyway, the angry guy wants to get even. So he comes to CT where he knows the other guy is also a member. Then he proceeds to trash the guy he's mad at, claiming he ripped him off on some deal. The other guy denies it of course. So, what is CT supposed to do ? Which one are we supposed to believe ? We don't know what happened on the other forum, we aren't even aware that it did happen. All we know is that we have a member "claiming" he got ripped off by another member. So are we supposed to ban the "bad guy" ? If so, based on what ? The word of somebody that we don't even know ? None of the CT staff [U]knows[/U] either one of these people. For all we know they could both be lying. Now somebody is gonna say yeah but that would never happen, nobody would ever do that. Well lemme tell ya - it does happen. That exact scenario has played out here on CT a couple of times in the past. Are you beginning to see the problem ? People expect the CT staff to be a judge and jury and to take action against the bad guys. But we are supposed to do that based on what - the word of somebody we don't even know ? Now you get 4 or 5 people to stand up and say - hey that guy ripped us off. Yeah, then we'll probably do something and ban the bad guy. But 1 ? Maybe even 2 ? What would YOU do ? Or better yet, suppose YOU are the one being accused, and YOU KNOW that you are innocent. What would YOU want us to do then ? Like I said, are you beginning to see the problem ?[/QUOTE]
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