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I'm not offended, or trying to offend, nor wanting to turn this into a flame war, just trying to explain me, and why I feel the way I do. That's all :)

I do feel bad for him, and I will if his life is destroyed by this, but that's not taking the blame here. I have a large capacity for compassion, sometimes when I really shouldn't. But I can see, and empathize with both sides in most cases, it's part of why I am Gray.

It just felt slightly aimed at me. My bad if I took it wrong.

I want it made plain that I never said it was the Sites fault that Riley did this. That's just ridiculous.

That's probably true, and it may not be as easy for him, but I also hope it's not extremely complicated for him. I feel terrible for the members who had their money stolen, the Site, but also for Riley. I can't help but wonder what pushed him to do such an awful thing, something so abnormal for him.

Theft is theft. Plain and simple. I'm not saying he shouldn't be punished, just that his life shouldn't be utterly destroyed because he made a mistake, albeit a very, very large one.

He is not a career criminal. It doesn't necessarily need to go on his record. This isn't general knowledge, but over a year ago, right after I got separated, I was depressed. I had just gotten home from 10th Anni, I was broke, depressed and desperate, so I stole three packs of cigarettes from...

This.

Thank you so much for the quick update, all your hard work, and the transparency thus far. It is perfectly understandable why not much more can be said on this subject, besides what we have already been told. Tai'shar Tar Valon! :grouphug