A Lynch Mob has formed in Austin and in several cases guidelines are being stepped on and long standard principles relating to privacy are being set aside,
I think we have all seen parallels in real life situations to the one in the Alert Thread that has polarized many in the community.
What disturbs me most about the thread is how far some seem to be willing set aside some basic principles we all tend to hold tightly to as a few people yell and scream and play on the emotions of others.
1) At what point did it become allowable for the personal information of a member, sent to a provider for screening purposes, to be shared with male members of this community?
2) At what point did it become allowable to post so much personal information about a member of this community that anyone with the tools to reverse search that information can determine exactly who that person is?
3) At what point did it become acceptable for a member to summarize and specifically describe to a mass of people actions they might take to destroy an individuals life?
Hypothetically ......
PurcillaPlays4Pay shows up at an outcall sees a WillieWantsWhatHeWants and he decides she is not who he thought she would be..... Her pictures are deceiving... she gained 50 pounds since....... She is not what he wants so he asks her to leave...... She pauses not sure why he has made such a decision, sees the envelope on the dresser, picks it up and leaves. WillieWantsWhatHeWants is outraged and posts an Alert because she took the money and left. No session occurred. Maybe he follows her out the door buy sees PercyPimpPapa getting out of a car and asking her what happened, feels threatened and returns to his room
We can argue all day whether or not PurcillaPlays4Pay was entitled to the money or if WillieWantsWhatHeWants was just a fool for leaving the money on the table.
Along comes NedKnowsItAll and gets in the mix riling everyone up.
He posts where Purcilla goes to school, who the program heads are, on what date she was last charged with a crime, tells everyone step by step how to unlock her personal life in a very public fashion and suggests people use it to fuck with her..... He provides so much information that anyone with a computer capable of reading and following directions can land themselves on her personal facebook page and begin emailing her mom, dad, friends and family to tell them she is a hooker and send them links to her life here on ECCIE.....
Maybe all the above happens over a simple NCNS as a result of a few that believe a NCNS has cost a hobbyist time and money and the lady should compensate him as such FOR his time....
Does ANYONE see just how far the precedents being set in that alert can be taken?
If the above described methods of dealing with someone become acceptable to any of us here all we are left with is an argument of what justifies their use.
My personal opinion of the Alert Thread is that Kingman has been outed to the community by the actions of more than one person here.
Whether or not he committed some digression in his dealings with a Provider is not an issue for the Staff of this board to involve themselves in. Staff should deal with those that have posted personal information that directly links us to exactly who Kingman is in his real life and some that have specifically issued threats to out Kingman in his personal life should be dealt with. The thread creates some very dangerous precedents that NONE of us should want to see condoned in any manner.
Discussing a member or a member's actions or any information a member shares with us is fair game. Bringing into the mix additional information from his or her personal life is a bannable offense unless it is information they shared with us themselves. Threatening to out someone is a bannable offense.