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Originally Posted by Xen
I guess I'm frustrated because this rule protects some people who deserve to be outed
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I agree in principle, and I have no desire to protect cheats, thieves, or racists (I'll look into those logs that have been posted...). But we did once have a whole subforum dedicated to this kind of stuff and it caused more trouble than it was worth.
At the end of the day the rule protects
everyone. That does unfortunately include some people who don't necessarily deserve that protection. The difficulty is without such a rule, someone would have the duty of deciding who deserves to be outed and who doesn't. Although occasionally that decision seems fairly obvious, in general its not as we don't have all the facts to hand, each side has a different story, screenshots can be faked, etc.
The only people who do have access to all the facts are
MA, and such matters are best handled with them. I know in some situations there's not much they can do, in other situations some people feel they don't do as much as they could. But those are different matters, and I don't think they're solved by a vigilante approach on the forums, however well-intentioned its meant.