Since we are on the subject of scammers...I wanted to write something up regarding the unethical spread of scamming...
Dear scammers, (or anyone who has thought about scamming)
In life, we are defined by our actions. We make life choices to be a good person, or to not be a good person. In our day to day lives, there is always a real consequence for every action done, ranging from a crumpled face filled with hurt before your eyes; the possibility someone might punch you if you are jerkheaded enough; all the way to jail time; and a criminal record.
Then there is the game world. There are no to very limitted consequences to your actions. Or are there? If you can not make the choices to be a good person when there is no real risk of punishment, then you need to reflect on yourself in real life. Are you really a good person if you need the risk of punishment to choose to do the right things?
And what of the consequences of your actions that you cannot see? The hurt and anger you cause to someone very real on the other side of the computer. The possibility that the person you have affected is already going through a lot in their lives, possibly being ill, or terminally ill, or having ill or terminally ill family members, financial problems in this lovely evonomy, or other sad situations, that we face in a not so perfect world. Perhaps you have now started a chain reaction, where you have scammed someone, and now they, being hurt has decided to use that to hurt others. They in turn go and scam others, and you have created a vicious circle of which you are responsible for. Negative actions produce and set other negative actions in perpetual motion. and negativity grows, and then you ask yourself why the world is not a better place. Or do you? Perhaps I am wrong and you are a sociopath with no genuine feelings of empathy at all.
Before you choose the wrong choices, and think that you have won, by satisfying your greed, and getting away with items, money etc, know that you are as guilty and responsible for the problems in this world. And yes, it does affect real life. If you choose to do the right thing, like that same rampant spread of negative energy, with a little effort and selflessness, you can instead propogate good, and make the world a better place.
My two cents,
Deca
Dear scammers, (or anyone who has thought about scamming)
In life, we are defined by our actions. We make life choices to be a good person, or to not be a good person. In our day to day lives, there is always a real consequence for every action done, ranging from a crumpled face filled with hurt before your eyes; the possibility someone might punch you if you are jerkheaded enough; all the way to jail time; and a criminal record.
Then there is the game world. There are no to very limitted consequences to your actions. Or are there? If you can not make the choices to be a good person when there is no real risk of punishment, then you need to reflect on yourself in real life. Are you really a good person if you need the risk of punishment to choose to do the right things?
And what of the consequences of your actions that you cannot see? The hurt and anger you cause to someone very real on the other side of the computer. The possibility that the person you have affected is already going through a lot in their lives, possibly being ill, or terminally ill, or having ill or terminally ill family members, financial problems in this lovely evonomy, or other sad situations, that we face in a not so perfect world. Perhaps you have now started a chain reaction, where you have scammed someone, and now they, being hurt has decided to use that to hurt others. They in turn go and scam others, and you have created a vicious circle of which you are responsible for. Negative actions produce and set other negative actions in perpetual motion. and negativity grows, and then you ask yourself why the world is not a better place. Or do you? Perhaps I am wrong and you are a sociopath with no genuine feelings of empathy at all.
Before you choose the wrong choices, and think that you have won, by satisfying your greed, and getting away with items, money etc, know that you are as guilty and responsible for the problems in this world. And yes, it does affect real life. If you choose to do the right thing, like that same rampant spread of negative energy, with a little effort and selflessness, you can instead propogate good, and make the world a better place.
My two cents,
Deca
I am in South Carolina, even the preacher is heavily armed here.