Just one last thing from me on this topic. I'm a member of a skiing forum that isn't moderated. Basically anything goes there. Just about any suggestion of censorship there is met with a very loud Bronx cheer :) Anyway, it's a very tight knit community even though it's a much more active forum than this is. People are always getting together to ski, help one another out, etc.
Anyway, a serious tragedy befell two members of the forum this week. They were a husband and wife who both posted. Well, the wife commited suicide a few days ago and the husband posted to the group to tell everyone. There was a huge outpouring of support for this guy. Someone suggested setting up a fund to help him cover funeral expenses and whatever else he needed the money for. This started yesterday. As of a couple hours ago over $5,000 has been sent to the Paypal account he set up for this.
Obviously this would have never happened if the topic never drifted off the topic of skiing.
Just one last thing from me on this topic. I'm a member of a skiing forum that isn't moderated. Basically anything goes there. Just about any suggestion of censorship there is met with a very loud Bronx cheer :) Anyway, it's a very tight knit community even though it's a much more active forum than this is. People are always getting together to ski, help one another out, etc.
Anyway, a serious tragedy befell two members of the forum this week. They were a husband and wife who both posted. Well, the wife commited suicide a few days ago and the husband posted to the group to tell everyone. There was a huge outpouring of support for this guy. Someone suggested setting up a fund to help him cover funeral expenses and whatever else he needed the money for. This started yesterday. As of a couple hours ago over $5,000 has been sent to the Paypal account he set up for this.
Obviously this would have never happened if the topic never drifted off the topic of skiing.
