"But I AM saying that it was irresponsible for 37s not to give GS the chance to rectify the situation before deciding to go ahead and try to ruin GS's reputatio

"But I AM saying that it was irresponsible for 37s not to give GS the chance to rectify the situation before deciding to go ahead and try to ruin GS's reputation." GS wronged 37S in a way that was probably legally actionable. 37S has no responsibility to GS to forbear from criticizing them. They opted to criticize and see what GS did instead of starting legal actions; this was generous of them. (Like I say elsewhere on this page, there are some fallacious assumptions being made by those attacking Fried.) The only irresponsible party is GS. "I would argue that it's hard to deal with any criticism that you don't know exists..." Indeed - except that the ultimate complaint is that 37S made their complaint in a venue and fashion that resulted in a lot of people, including GS, seeing it!