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It's a public forum, if you're going to post asking for money it's reasonable to expect a certain level of scrutiny. My opinion is not preventing anyone from donating, so why the fervour to silence the discussion? Whether an emotive paragraph about passion and mental health entitles Scott to your money is an individual choice. He's not just asking his mates for more money, but a public forum read by thousands of people. My intervention was not limited to the virtues of Gofundme, but more specifically sought to ascertain whether it was ethical for Scott to request people's money without any thought of repayment, therefore this thread seemed the perfect place for the discussion. Should he have sought readily available and free business advice, or explored conventional funding avenues before going cap in hand to the forum? Does accepting peoples money oblige him to produce a plan outlining how he will use it?

I believe the above are all legitimate avenues for exploration that pertain directly to Scott's request and don't necessarily merit petty insults. This place should exist as a forum for discussion and not echo chamber, regardless of how inelegant my argument has been. Furthermore the whole nonsense appear far more insidious read alongside the numerous PM's I have received detailing BRP's past failure to deliver paid for goods and disappearance when owing money. Guess people don't need to know this before donating.

This whole thing could have been more constructive if folk had championed Scott's cause rather than calling me a cunt. I am not denying his right to ask, rather defending mine to call bullshit. I can't ever imagine feeling sufficiently entitled to ask anyone for 6k no strings attached.

Pedrito - Consumer Champion and ethicist