I have spoken to so many people on here who have been taken in by liars and cheats who turned out not to be who they said they were. Part of me thinks that the victims were pretty stupid to allow it to happen. After all, everyone knows most profiles on here are dishonest in some way or another. Right? So you've got to be pretty dumb to get taken in.
However, there is another side to it. Every one of the victims of fraudulent contact is a real person with feelings. To deliberately set out to upset and emotionally hurt someone else for no reason is, in my view, a despicable act; the act of a loathsome and deeply inadequate person. We pride ourselves on being consensual and yet such violations are anything but consensual.
All of us on this site, however we identify ourselves, are entitled to a basic level of respect. This includes not being lied to by the people we are in contact with. So come on, people, let's try something really scary and radical. Let's tell the truth. |