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Originally Posted by MikePatton
Jay Random - thank you for sharing your story. I also think you have a point worth making in your posts, but won't persuade anyone without showing them respect.
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I learned many years ago that nobody ever persuaded his opponent of anything in an Internet argument. The most I can hope for is that some of the neutrals will see this call for vengeance as what it is. It is very hard to make clear the seriousness of the harm that some posters are contributing to with their angry and callous rhetoric; doubly hard when my own emotions are involved. I apologize for failing to strike that balance.
I've seen people's lives and careers ruined by Twitter mobs and other online smear campaigns. This thread, and the calls for the Bruins to renege on their contract or for Mitchell to be banned from the NHL, are part of exactly that kind of campaign. Justice is never achieved by such methods.
Thank you for your kind words.