A poster is calling any of us who didn’t agree with her essentially devoid of morals.
Hell yes I’ll spend…. Ooh let’s see, 10 seconds, checking out her history.
And sure enough…
It's called having an opinion - which is the main point of a discussion forum. This place is full of them, but you don't have to agree with all or any of them - I certainly don't, just as many people frequently disagree with me. However, most people use counter-arguments relevant to the subject being discussed, rather than turn into self-styled private detectives looking for any previous postings that they can smugly twist into discrediting a poster.
If you are really so offended that people on this thread - many people, not just me - find it morally objectionable for somebody to make a deal and then renege on it at the last minute, in a deliberate strategy for exploiting somebody else's vulnerability for personal gain, then maybe my value judgments hit a raw nerve? On the other hand, if you strongly disagree, then you can safely discount our opinions as worthless in your view; no drama.
I don't know if the cyber-stalking is your regular modus operandi. I looked at another thread this morning and I noticed there that you randomly AS-ed the OP and 'reminded' her of how she had been coping with a similar challenging situation years ago. Again, you presented it in a 'gotcha' style, but again, it was nothing of the kind. I presume that you do realise that all of the users of this forum are humans, with changing circumstances, feelings and emotions, and not robots that never receive software updates?
By "And sure enough", I presume you are still clinging to the 'gotcha' that you mistakenly thought that you found on me - the same one that I very clearly demonstrated in my response post was a completely different situation and you comparing apples with oranges.
You need to know that most people find behaviour like this very creepy indeed and maybe even believe it to be verging on the paranoid. Folk are not generally impressed by those who act as 'retro-psychics' - randomly telling you what you did or said years ago about something very loosely connected to the topic at hand now and trying to use it against them by misrepresenting it, adding 2+2 and getting 609.
Also, I am not accusing you of having committed any crime, but this behaviour is one that many people who are found guilty of stalking-related crimes would consider part of their basic toolbox.
I've kept the same user name since I joined MN, as I personally like the continuity and, to an extent, the sense of community, inasmuch as you can have that on a huge international forum. MN is a place like no other, with the honesty, valuable support and shared fun to be found here in bucketloads. I like seeing the same names coming up regularly (as well as the new people coming along too) and seeing their personal takes on the discussions - the current discussions, that is, coupled with my general recollections of their individual outlook as a whole; not by cyber-wombling through their bins. I am now going to finally change it, as it seems that 'this is why we can't have nice things'.