ARGumshoe wrote:
While there's certainly nothing wrong with defending Tim and his position, there's no need to attempt to paint those who may be critical as anything more.

You are absolutely right. I wish I'd edited or re-phrased my remarks a bit. 

I was not reacting to one particular poster, but to the tone of comments I've seen around. Some did not seem balanced to me. Perhaps it is impossible to resolve that difference of opinion. For myself, although I know that the incidents of plagiarism involves victims who were taken, (such as VW and FM that paid for her "work") the biggest losses were generally not monetary, but involved less concrete damages, such as to pride, respect, and emotional injury. Hopefully, the perpetrator will no longer have a forum anywhere to repeat this.

I don't mean to minimize or pooh-pooh the sins committed or the impact it had on those who were ripped-off or deceived, even when noting that there are worse scammers in the world of fandom.


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