Admin 1 wrote:
Let us see... How many times Can I SAY THIS WAS NOT ABOUT PICTURES BUT A TRIP REPORT! Also it was a PUBLIC trip report and there is no inication this individual is a VIP!
All great points! Of course one needs to think about what they post on a semi-public forum as much as others should think before they blab their mouths off about what gets posted. The Admin is right, what gets posted in the regular trip section is essentially accessible to anyone who registers, whether it be the relatively unlikely event that it is some chica or more possibly just some inconsiderate unthoughtful gringo. The VIP section was set up for greater confidentiality and if a member is really concerned about his posts getting repeated he should post there or not post at all. VB was also right about one thing, although there is no evidence that this was done by a VIP, there is always that possibility. Nothing is ever 100%, including the VIP section and it would be unreasonable to expect the Admins to be able to provide 100% confidentiality. However, they HAVE done all they can. So one should guide their posting practices according to whatever risk assumption one wants to make.
Lets get this thread back on track, however. Forget about whether Doc should have posted in VIP or not at all or anything else. Regardless, it still comes down to the basic fact that someone did an incredibly assinine thing and revealed something that was posted in confidence. I don't know if this guy is more to be despised than to be pitied.
What could be his thinking?
If he reads this board, whether as member or guest, he must have derived some benefit from it. Who is he to object to one of the posts? Or at least, if he has a problem with a post, why violate the confidentiality of the board and take it up with a chica rather than raising any issues he may have had directly with Doc? If the post was somehow inappropriate or too revealing (which I don't think it was), perhaps he could have persuaded Doc to edit or delete it? By revealing the issue to the chica he has hurt more than just Doc. He has hurt the board as well. Why bite the hand that feeds you? If he is a member he should have his membership revoked without any refund. I doubt he will ever own up to his actions. However if he is Lina's fiance, or at least one of them

, perhaps some one closer to the action there, like VB or TMan, will be able to figure out who he is.
Personally, I really doubt, though he may try to convince himself otherwise, that he was acting out of any real protective interest for the girl. If he was, he would have acted to have the post removed. That wasn't enough or even part of his goals. He clearly wanted the girl to be aware of it. He was either playing the role of the concerned protector in a lame attempt to score points at the expense of another member or was acting out of jealousy and lashing out at an relatively innocent person.
If he was trying to score points at another members expense, while at the same time taking advantage of the shared knowledge of other members he is a truly despicable hypocrite.
The reason I said he should be pitied as much as he should be despised is because he took the information in the post and tried to use it to damage a fellow member and/or ingratiate himself with his "fiance" rather than take the information as evidence why he shouldn't be engaged to her in the first place. This girl may be very nice but lets face it she's having sex with countless guys while she is supposedly betrothed. Thats not exactly marriage material. If this guy should be mad at anyone it should be at Lina and not at one of the guys who just happened to take her up on her availability at the BM and who also was completely ignorant of any "special relationship" she had with this guy. The fact that this guy is engaged to a BM girl and expects her to be faithful just goes to show what a pitiable fool he really is. How can you really despise someone like that or expect them to act any differently?