For those living under an 40k Interweb, a megaton of flaming shit has been laid at both Bell of Lost Souls and Yes the Truth Hurts feet. All courtesy of an Austin gaming forum. I have seen some messed up Internet stuff in my time. What I read on this forum today shocked me…
Besides sounding like complete hillbillies, the folks over at this forum decided it was fair game to make fun of Stelek’s wife recent miscarriage. What made it more disgusting is a few members at BoLS joined in the circle jerk. I don’t have to name names, they are clearly displayed on the forum. It did not end their, when revealed to the world by Stelek some posters got even more out of control.
If you have a public forum or blog you have to be aware of what people say, it is as simple as that. I am not calling for censoring, but I am calling for the rest of the community to stand up and call shit out or drown out the ass hats. At one point a woman even asked for the discussion to be stopped because of her personal experience and it was simply overlooked. Of course I am not going to claim that my shit does not stink, but I would want everyone that reads this blog to put me on notice if I ever went over the line.
As for the BoLS involvement I am very disappointed. Regardless if it is not posted on BoLS, you represent BoLS where ever you go. It is like our Armed Forces or Olympic team traveling around the world. If I go posting on YTTN or any other site I cannot hide behind, well it was not on my blog so it does not count. Those involved from BoLS need to find a way to fix their reputations. Stelek is not the devil or some tyrant he is actually just a geek and deserves the common decency of not being reminded of personal tragedy.
As for Stelek’s response, he has every right to extract his pound of flesh. Stelek should remember that it was specific people from BoLS that joined in this idiocy and I am pretty sure did not represent BoLS as a whole. His target should be the people on the forum not BoLS. No matter how angry Stelek is right now, he should not try to connect the dots to something that is not there or run the risk of looking like a UFO chaser.
As for greater questions. How do you all feel about Internet decorum? What crosses the line in your book and do you have any Internet horror stories?