I feel I should say something about the controversy roiling the blogosphere today, so here goes:
Trust is an imperative in all personal relationships and interactions, and the trust of many folks in this community has been badly damaged by the inexplicable (at least to me) actions of one man. I have no idea what thought process led to his behavior, which appears to be fairly well documented elsewhere (see Batgrl's entry for a list of places to look). He's apparently hurt many women bloggers, for his own reasons, and he's falsely accused several bloggers of "stalking" him. He has undoubtedly caused many who have donated funds to a good cause to doubt whether that money was ever meant to go to that cause.
I just hope that some semblance of trust among people in this group can be restored, sooner rather than later, and that those who've been turned off by the whole fiasco can regain some hope that they can safely return.
Posted by Linkmeister at May 29, 2002 09:56 PM