And, again, just to be clear. I don't think that I trying to preach from a soapbox, or judge people, or lecture, or anything like that. I primarily wanted and still do want people to look at the original situation from both points of view.
As you will have noticed from each of my posts on this subject, I join you in your view that considering your actions is a good thing.
You cannot blame anyone for accusing you of lecturing, or judging, when you post such comments as
'Bignose said:should have done this guy a great service by teaching him what proper fishkeeping is
'Bignose said:you basically have stolen goods from a store
'Bignose said:basically what you did here was take the price tag off of a cheaper item and place it over the price tag of a costlier item, so that -you get the costlier item at a cheaper price. In a word, this is stealing.
'Bignose said:You should have paid what was a fair price.
'Bignose said:I think that it is something to be ashamed of
'Bignose said:you are the one who did something wrong
'Bignose said:Why should you be so special as to be the only one who doesn't have to play by the rules?
'Bignose said:calling you on something you did that was wrong
You're wrong Bignose, it is *not* stealing what Krib12 did. I don't believe he they did anything to be ashamed of either. I don't see what qualifies you to dictate to Krib what they 'should and shouldn't' have done either. What they might have done or could have done- fine- but they can do what they like within the law ultimately.
I have directly defended the position by pointing out that there is only one entity responsible for protecting the financial interests of the fish shop, and that's the fish shop. If a large multi national cannot be bothered to employ and train staff of a certain calibre, then they deserve everything they get AFAIAC. Do you think the shareholders of Petsmart give a damn about the interests of either their livestock or their customers? I don't, I think they give a damn about their profits only- and they do enough worrying about that for all of us I think.
Sorry, I think the critisism of Krib12 was harsh.