You see, Nick Sitko has a family. He has a fiancee and two children. And the harassment was limited NOT JUST to Nick Sitko, but to the rest of his family as well. Including a 6 month baby.
Something Nick should have thought about first
I talked to his fiancee. Indeed, her name is Kim Williford. You, along with billions of other people around the world, know her address. She is fighting mad, as she should be. But it is not her I speak of now...it is her older child.
Hopefully her anger is focused towards Nick, who is supposedly responsible for the welfare of said child
Nursing a 6 month old baby is hard enough, but trying to explain to a toddler why a bunch of people are driving by the house, yelling bad things, is a terrible burden to deal with. Having to deal with a father who is suddenly scared and sullen. Having to deal with the phone ringing with people hanging up all the time. Have any of YOU ever dealt with this type of terror? Have you?
I have personally experienced harassment from crack addicts, and threats to myself and fear for a loved one's safety, including break-ins, because i had a nice car, my house was targeted. I only wish they had the same treatment as Nick, i dislike deceit in any form. Targeting a forum (i'm speculating now) because of perceived wealth of it's members, would also be distasteful.
"But he's a sex offender...he DESERVES every bit of agony, of terror that he has given his victim!"
Really. Tell that to his toddler, happy as a lark around Christmas, who is suddenly afraid and anxious, cries at all hours, and is scared. Not just scared...scared out of his WITS.
Should have thought of that before his shenanigans. Now he has to take actions to rectify the situation.
Would ANY of you want that for any of YOUR children?
Would any of you want that for ANY child, no matter who they belong to?
Big men. Drive expensive cars and are responsible for the terror of a five year old child. Hmmph.
You are reprimanding people for judging someone, yet judge an entire community, based on possessions they may or may not have, very mature. Do you know the gender of every member? I guess all German's are responsible for the holocaust too. Responsible for acts of terrorism? It's no worse than calling nick a baby rapist. Name calling is name calling. You are coming across as a pompous individual.
Frankly, I don't know what Nick and Kim have in mind from a legal standpoint. They have the IMMEDIATE concern of dealing with their children, and in fact their immediate circumstances from an employment standpoint.
I will be very clear: What Nick did when this thread started was inexcusable. But NOT criminal. I want to emphasize that point.
The escalation has resulted in many crimes being committed, however. Yes, crimes. I have had a bit of experience in law myself, and several people have opined that just because they pulled the public court record from the court, not from the registry, they are well within their rights to post it on a forum. However, they fail to realize that it was the REGISTRY that triggered the action to obtain the records, and the MANNER in which the court record were disseminated was the result of an illegal posting of the registry information in the first place. Tread lightly with that argument; it's been successfully prosecuted in similar circumstances.
So deal with the individuals, don't generalize
As I said before the sheer volume and intensity of interest has predictably triggered the harassment of Nick and Kim. The fact that people here are celebrating the fact that someone's been outed, that it has made this forum the most popular car forum in history, is frankly beyond the pale in my book. Yes, deal harshly with someone who spams you. But don't use the excuse that "Nick kept showing up and lying, again and again, so we are justified in doing what we did." Fine.
Again, something Nick should have thought of. Welcome to the internet. The internet sometimes has real world consequences. Hopefully this may serve as an example to other keyboard warriors, thinking they are protected by anonymity. Maybe this is an epoch that will cause future scam artists to rethink their options. Walking around punching people in the head will continue to get reactions until you stop or are stopped. Don't keep fanning the flames!
I will state this: Nick will never show his face around this forum again.
The desired effect
But keep in mind, the real victim of Nick's stupidity, and many members depravity: his child. For God's sake, let's cut the cord NOW, and go back to talking about cars. Leave his family alone by stopping the perpetuation of this terroristic nonsense.
I don't think most of the original members of this board condone any harassment of innocent parties. Can you blame an entire population for the actions of fanatics?
I do not plan on replying within this thread, as I believe in more transparent communication.
