It took me a few days to figure out how to respond to this - or if I should. docd's posts helped put it in perspective for me so I'll post a few thoughts.
The way this Mindless thing worked out is a real shame. I looked at the evidence presented and there's no proof of him being a chomo.
I'm sure Mindless is humiliated and feels the guys he thought were his friends didn't have his back, which they didnt. We're so used to being suspicious of people we turn on our own at the first sign of trouble. This thing turned into a witch hunt and rumors and innuendo were taken as fact while we ignored the fact that not once in all the time Mindless has been here did he ever say anything that would give any indication he's in to children. So I understand his reluctance to offer an explanation.
That said, since there's no proof of wrongdoing, Mindless has nothing to explain as far as I'm concerned. If he chooses to come back, I have no problem with it. And should he choose not to return, that his prerogative.
As far as Mindless himself goes, sure he's little weird but who here isn't a little off the wall? This is a forum made up mostly of drug using weightlifters - not exactly an example of mentally healthy individuals. If we start chasing off everyone that's a little bit different, there won't be many people left, and the remaining few will be the boring members.
The other thing I want to mention is members questioning him not using AAS, and that that somehow disqualifies him from participating on Meso. Since when is using AAS a prerequisite for membership here? It's a strength training forum, isn't it? Where else is someone who's interested in weightlifting supposed to go - especially where they'll find the quality of information Meso provides? My point is we're all here for our own reasons. Maybe Mindless' liked the camaraderie. Who cares what his reason was, Meso is a big forum and there should be room for everybody.
Hell, I rarely talk about training or AAS anymore because it bores me. To borrow an overused cliché, ive been there and done that. Unlike most of the members, I don't have training goals anymore other than to stay in shape. I still enjoy doing the occasional blast but not to achieve a specific goal, i do it because it's fun and to see what happens.
And I'm not much interested in giving training advice to noobs that are either going to ignore it or argue with me.
So where does that leave me?
It leaves me posting about what interests me, often in the general and political forum, or trolling scammers and conmen in the underground. To use another worn out cliché to explain my reason for being here, it is what it is.
The way this Mindless thing worked out is a real shame. I looked at the evidence presented and there's no proof of him being a chomo.
I'm sure Mindless is humiliated and feels the guys he thought were his friends didn't have his back, which they didnt. We're so used to being suspicious of people we turn on our own at the first sign of trouble. This thing turned into a witch hunt and rumors and innuendo were taken as fact while we ignored the fact that not once in all the time Mindless has been here did he ever say anything that would give any indication he's in to children. So I understand his reluctance to offer an explanation.
That said, since there's no proof of wrongdoing, Mindless has nothing to explain as far as I'm concerned. If he chooses to come back, I have no problem with it. And should he choose not to return, that his prerogative.
As far as Mindless himself goes, sure he's little weird but who here isn't a little off the wall? This is a forum made up mostly of drug using weightlifters - not exactly an example of mentally healthy individuals. If we start chasing off everyone that's a little bit different, there won't be many people left, and the remaining few will be the boring members.
The other thing I want to mention is members questioning him not using AAS, and that that somehow disqualifies him from participating on Meso. Since when is using AAS a prerequisite for membership here? It's a strength training forum, isn't it? Where else is someone who's interested in weightlifting supposed to go - especially where they'll find the quality of information Meso provides? My point is we're all here for our own reasons. Maybe Mindless' liked the camaraderie. Who cares what his reason was, Meso is a big forum and there should be room for everybody.
Hell, I rarely talk about training or AAS anymore because it bores me. To borrow an overused cliché, ive been there and done that. Unlike most of the members, I don't have training goals anymore other than to stay in shape. I still enjoy doing the occasional blast but not to achieve a specific goal, i do it because it's fun and to see what happens.
And I'm not much interested in giving training advice to noobs that are either going to ignore it or argue with me.
So where does that leave me?
It leaves me posting about what interests me, often in the general and political forum, or trolling scammers and conmen in the underground. To use another worn out cliché to explain my reason for being here, it is what it is.
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