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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 3462132, member: 36230&quot;]And all it took was a teeny tiny bit of chum to get a bite. Imagine that.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, let’s add a little context here, shall we? What’s worse: someone making a threat to take legal action if a stolen image INTENTIONALLY used in a wholly unacceptable manner was not removed two pages later, or oh, I don’t know, perhaps someone who actually tried to have the forum shut down over another member INNOCENTLY using his intellectual property on the site? Any reasonably objective person capable of even a modest level of intellectual honesty would certainly agree the latter is much more egregious, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, we just happen to have an example of both! Since we’re all familiar with Kurt’s, let’s have a look-see here...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-website-tried-to-legally-take-cointalk-out-today.224737/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-website-tried-to-legally-take-cointalk-out-today.224737/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-website-tried-to-legally-take-cointalk-out-today.224737/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Note the title and at least be sure to read Peter’s OP. Pretty nasty and wholly uncalled for stuff, especially coming from a guy who was then a brand new member and surely could have requested it be removed, right? Certainly this guy, of all people, wouldn’t remain a member here under any circumstance and regardless of how often he participates, particularly considering the rules we’re all supposed to believe are both sacrosanct and always applied equally as if by the hand of deity, right? I mean, just look at how many in this very thread have expressed their personal belief that banning after such a threat is an appropriate response.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, gosh darn golly gee, Wally. Whaddya know....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/james-bucki.45941/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/james-bucki.45941/">https://www.cointalk.com/members/james-bucki.45941/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Make whatever excuses you see fit, but this is yet another example of selective enforcement. It’s also <i>not</i> the first time this but has been mentioned. Perhaps what’s most sad about the entire thing isn’t just that this is the reality; it’s the fact that certain individuals endlessly try to convince us its a figment of the imagination instead of simply acknowledging the fact they too suffer from the human condition. They can point the finger at the biases of others, yet when it comes to their own it’s simply dismissed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Let the mix of deflection and projection begin....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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