Michael, with the exception of this possibly not being the most applicable forum to post the thread, I believe the past issue has an immediate relevance based on a recent occurrence. It was just this past week that a poster offered a player list for sale … “I’m selling off my 10 gigs of databases with the following information … “
Instead of deleting that particular post, a moderator chose to move the post to an advertising section, leaving it completely intact with contact information. Several members expressed disgust and eventually another moderator edited out the contact information but chose to leave the post in place.
Sometime later another member introduced the past issue into the current thread and another member resigned his CAP membership based on his knowledge of the past and current ethics violations. As it turned out, the owner of CAP denied that he had ever listed a player’s database for sale and accused anyone who said he did as being liars, cheaters, and haters. This severely complicated the issue.
Consequently a number of individuals, who had recalled the previous thread, knew that the “current” proclamations of innocence were not true and apparently chose to take the cover-up* into consideration when passing judgment on the unacceptable behavior which has been occurring on the CAP forum.
Unfortunately, this has become a necessary evil, if you will – to consider the relevance of, or lack thereof, ethics regarding both the past and present issues – and to draw attention to them as Caruso has stated; instead of seeing them swept under a rug.
I agree with you, especially in today’s climate, that working together, in a cooperative fashion for the betterment of the industry should be a common goal. At the same time, I believe it would be irresponsible to ignore an issue based solely on that shared goal if the issue at hand contradicts ethical business practice. When that is the case it is should be our duty, as fair-minded individuals to make a distinction between right and wrong and openly stand up for that distinction.
*All of the post (past and present) were deleted or moved to archive and several other members were banned for openly expressing their opinions on the matter.
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