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I still love lamp, but I'm compelled to add my legitimate opinion:
Do I think what Shawn did was wrong? Yes.
Did he use bad judgement? Yes.
Would I have acted differently? Yes.
Can I completely blame him? No.
People on WickedFire complain about $100 landing pages, $70 for 1000 Directory Submissions or $600 custom vBulletin skins. You bitch about blowing through $50 of PPC advertising without getting a single conversion. Knowing how frustrating it can be to lose that money, how would you feel if you lost $50,000? Wouldn't you be a pissed as all mighty hell? Do you think you might overreact? Do you think deep down, you might want some revenge, even if your not directly telling yourself, "I'm going to do this for revenge?"
Call it an overreaction... fine. But it's hard to overreact about losing $50,000. Looking back on it (after this thread), maybe Shawn can now see how it was a little bit messed up. Maybe not, I don't know. But, with a bitter, hate riddled backlash you're not likely to get anything but him trying to defend himself. And I know that's not the response you're looking for.
I'm sure everyone here has made some type of monumental mistake in their lives that they regret... but defended it vehemently for one reason or another. Let's just put this past us, and hopefully Shawn realizes that Karma does exist... for next time... because it's a great feeling when you get fucked for doing something you shouldn't have done and the other party is gracious enough to give you a second chance. We all need breaks like that sometime.
What goes around does indeed come around... as cliche as it is... well... I'm sure you can figure out the moral.
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