by Younghypnomaster » January 19th, 2007, 1:21 pm
I thought I'd save my first post to the forum for some memorable occasion. This, for some odd reason, strikes me as memorable.If anything just for the sheer idiocy that Greyhawk has displayed. As a completely unbiased third party (hell I didn't even know that this experiment was going on), it seems to be that EMG was EXTREMELY good natured and laid back about the whole ordeal.
If Greyhawk thought that EMG was going to set up something like this and not check up with a few random participates ( or plant someone to see what direction the experiment went towards), then someone was burning a bit too much of the crazy dust. If EMG hadn't shown the prudence that had in canceling the experiment, he could have been in extremely deep legal trouble, probably not from a IoP concern though. Which could have lead up to anything from a fine, to shutting down the site, to jail time. If EMG had been taken to court over an IoP concern; EMG could have counter sued for defamation, infringement on intellectual rights, etc etc etc, or the judge would have thrown it out as a frivolous lawsuit. Which then the state that it was filed in could have fined Greyhawk for (which happens in some states I do believe).
All I know is that if I was in EMG's place, which I'm not, I would have asked for an extremely detailed explanation of what the experiment was ment to accomplish, and a schedule, and also the understanding that I would have the right to pull the plug at any time for any reason.
Overall I think that Greyhawk was extremely deluded about the situation, and I applaud EMG's decision.
I think I'm done pissing