harkin

Totally disagree - when EL's behavior was exposed on the 2+2 boards his victims came out of the woodwork. The "gossip" (as you call it) was a public service, keeping quiet about it was to enable the deadbeat.

Private debts should remain private as long as both parties conduct themselves with honor. But in EL's instance this post is a huge fail. Warning people about a thief's inclination towards theft is the very essence of the vigilance you advocate, not gossip. How many more people in the poker world would EL be continuing to victimize without this "gossip"? If no posts had ever been made about EL's behavior but you had heard about it anyway and a friend told you he was about to spot EL $25K, would you "gossip" or just let your friend get jobbed because they lacked vigilance? Truly am

I'm a huge DN fan and I signed up here just to respond. I disagree with Daniel's logic and false equivilance he employs in his video. His example of his baseball bet story only helps show how a man reacts to adversity versus how a child reacts. I was especially offended by his assertion that people who call out Lindgrin were somehow uncool or that since the reason Lindgrin ripped people off was to repay other people he had ripped off it was somehow less egregious than ripping off people to buy cars/goodies. Does that mean that if you steal money from someone who is going to use the mo