Reply #15 atomic3d's post
I grudgingly concede the point that she's an unwilling celebrity now, although I still don't think we should encourage the bad behavior of the media that published her photos.
On the point about the FBI, I'd have to guess that you haven't run afoul of law enforcement personally. Once you have you'll start assuming that EVERYONE that they arrest is completely innocent UNTIL they're actually proven to be guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt in court. And maybe still even after they're convicted ;-)
I don't think she'll ever be compensated for what's been done to her, and if she's acquitted, I suspect the last thing she'll want to do is go back to court to spend years seeking damages. Her reputation has been DESTROYED for life, and even after an acquittal she'll have a hard time getting anyone to do business with her again.
If she's like any business person I know, she won't want to be given cash, nor will she want public sympathy. She'll want to be seen as a competent, self-possessed executive that's in control of her own life and her company. It will be a LONG time, if ever, before anyone will she her in that light again. If she's innocent, there isn't ANYTHING that could make up for what's been done to her in the press, on the internet, and by the FBI.
Considering that we're not willing, not likely, to compensate her for posting her photos if it turns out we're wrong about her, I think we shouldn't be promoting this. The old saying is, "put up or shut up", an since we're not going to do the former, I suggest we do the later.
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