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The original, linked article is the better read, although towards the end the author descends into a mess of racism accusations and uncertain direction. He com
by brc 16y ago
The original, linked article is the better read, although towards the end the author descends into a mess of racism accusations and uncertain direction. He completely misunderstands the use of the term 'owned', and somehow thinks it's a colonial throwback to slavery rather than common internet speak for a complete win over an opponent.
The writer of the original piece needs to stop worrying about the scammers for two seconds and see that this movement, ultimately, has a good chance of putting scammers out of business. Because I can see more people getting in on the anti-scam game than people falling for the scams. And once the numbers on a prospective scammer turn up to be 3:1 that it's a fake acceptance, they are going to start giving up on it.
- joe_the_user 16y agoHmm, The wood-carving thing actually makes me think they aren't "in business" in the conventional sense. Rather, they seem like desperately poor people grasping at whatever opportunity appears. I suspect that most of their efforts are utterly unsuccessful and it's more of a matter of doing it because they have nothing better to do.
- brc 16y agoYour points are all valid but they are still knowingly engaged in crime. It's unlikely this guy carved the thing himself, rather he would have commissioned it from a local carver. It's sad that they are poor, to me, still not an excuse to start stealing from people. There's a lot of poor people in the world that are still honest. I'd much rather see compassion shown towards them.
- djhworld 16y agoThey're engaging with crime but when you've got a family to feed and a bunch of bosses who threaten to kill your kids, you can't help but feel they are largely desperate
- joe_the_user 16y agoMy point had nothing to do with compassion or lack-of compassion. My point was only that, in regards to the original poster's idea, you aren't going to "put them out of business" by providing them with lots of frustration. They slog through an immense amount of futile activity already and are quite willing to do more. Judge them however you want...