freedomdwarf1 -> RE: TRUST (5/22/2013 8:48:02 PM)
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ORIGINAL: BitYakin no it doesn't really matter what other stangers think, id ever single person here had said I think what he did is perfectly fine I'd still think it was pretty low of him I was just CURIOUS what other people would think I mean isn't that the POINT of these forums, to get other peoples OPINIONS on random STUFF Yep, I quite agree - that's what forums are for.... usually. But the ONE thing you jumped on your high horse about was that other people were looking at the whole scenario without addressing your direct question. That is how people can answer things with reasonable opinion when knowing the full facts and the story behind when/why/who/what prompted the question in the first place. It is foolhardy to even attempt to answer a random question without knowing at least a fair proportion of where or why the question is even being asked. Quite often, a question is irrelevant if the asker has thought about why they are asking it. ** We see that a LOT on here. Hence the reasoning and questions about the background to the question rather than the question itself. If you were that au-fait with the internet and IRC (which started in August 1988 btw) you would have instantly known your earlier responses were indeed childish and very inappropriate on any forum. That aside, I do consider the forwarding of "private" messages and emails to be inappropriate. If you were that concerned about this random dude who contacted you, your first reaction (after your initial reply) should have been to hide and block them. The question as to the legal 'ownership' of such messages should be pretty obvious - they belong to the provider of the message system unless specifically excluded within the Terms of Service agreement. That is why most courts can subpoena any and all records pertaining to, and of, any and all individuals or groups who have agreed to the ToS of the service provider (not necessarily the ISP) and could, theoretically, become public record. Never assume anything is really "private" on the internet. And I also agree with many posters on here that you openly slagged off. Why?? Because it is usually a bad judgement call to attempt to answer any question, no matter how trivial, without knowing at least the pertinent details of the background. Attempting to formulate an answer in isolation more often than not ends in the responder having to make too many assumptions and probably providing the wrong answer or taking the question out of context. In essence, LL was right. Until you have actually met and chatted with this girl, face-to-face, niether of you owe any allegience to anyone, let alone each other, in this sort of environment. Just my [sm=2cents.gif] ** ETA: If you think what other people think about the scenario is irrelevant... Why ask the question?? QFT!
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