Token of Appreciation

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

This member of our community was acting to protect the safety of many other members of our community. ... He acted in the name of safety, and for that, we shall not punish him.

No. Good intentions do not excuse completely inappropriate behavior.

Correct action would have been contacting FIRST, contacting the owner of the site, posting here on CD, contacting the senior mentors, any number of things. Many of those things were already being done anyway.

Breaking the law (yes, he broke a federal law doing this!), even if you claim the intentions are valid, is not acceptable!!!

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday

No. Good intentions do not excuse completely inappropriate behavior.

True, but likewise, good intentions (honoring our mentors) do not excuse pure ignorance (the publicly accessible list).

And in regards to breaking the law, I have about six thousand spam e-mails. I'm not spending tax dollars to investigate every one of those and lock up every one of those senders, and I'm thinking the rest of America wouldn't either.

But, I'm beginning to engage in a one-on-one discussion here, which is against CD rules, so,I'll stop now.

It's the championship folks! Let's leave CD behind, and admire the incredibly awesome artforms about to show their stuff in this oh so magnificent game we play!