A fast, topic-related response:

"E-bay explicitly says they will NEVER ask for 
your password.  She says she knows all about 
that...And STILL does it.  Geez...It's ALL her 
fault.  And we don't need any more warnings 
about this than we've already heard a million 
times."

Er, actually, I've had issues with Ebay and the 
way they handle things.  Fact is, I wish they 
would just ask for my password.  The two times I 
attempted to change my email, it asked for 
information I would NEVER give out on the 'net 
nor that I think was even viably connected to my 
account, so I can understand where the mistake 
was made.

Not to mention that while a number of places 
will set that disclaimer in their codes, some of 
them will break it as a last resort measure and 
all.

I'm not saying you should forgive her for 
whatever trangressions have been perviously 
made.  That's your decisions and yours alone to 
make.  I'm asking that everyone stop acting as 
though this is an isolated event that no other 
person would make the mistake of doing.

Now, onto other stuff...

"She has no reputation to even step up to the 
line with."

I realize that as only a now and then visitor I 
miss things, but you have to understand how a 
post of this nature appears to the odd surfer to 
brand new member.

Posts of this nature, that to the random eye 
seemingly have no reason or excuse to be 
slinging around as much mud as this does can 
turn a person away from a forum in a second.  If 
I was just someone who had stumbled upon this 
forum, without knowing the little history I do, 
I would have been appalled at the nature of this 
post.  It was only because I forced myself to 
take into consideration factors that I may not 
have known that I may have decided to stay.

In particular, some of these posts I'm seeing 
are just despicable and have no real relation to 
the topic at hand...the anonymous poster;s 
behaivor, with their scathing commentary on 
Belgium individuals' intelligence, is absolutely 
unforgivable, and I'm shocked that nobody has 
called them for making such a racist and narrow-
minded statement.  I mean, what if I were 
Belgium and knew nothing of this thread 
beforehand?  Don't you think I'd be offended?

I don't mean to sound preachy here, but I've 
been through my fair share of flame wars before, 
and this comes dangerously close.  Like the 
poster or not, as forum members, we have a 
responsibility to the welfare and reputation of 
the board to keep it polite and repsectful.  You 
can dislike and think what you may of that 
person all you want, but your words should at 
least reflect your opinion eloquently and with 
as little malice as possible.

-Chaotic Serenity