Why have I said what I've said recently?
Because the complaining/whining/bitching posts were outnumbering the support posts 10 to 1.
Because the complaining/whining/bitching posts were alot of times vicious attacks.
Because most of the complaining/whining/bitching posts were totally full of crap.
If you see someone bullied/berated/attacked, you do something. You don't just sit by and watch it go down. Especially in the context of what's gone on here. I think their's a morality and responsibility to act.
The growth of the internet has created the troll, and fostered the attitude that I'm anonymous online so I can spew as much hate and diatribe as I want without consequence. A forum should be a place to always speak civilly as it's a virtual discussion. Yet 99% of the folks that post this BS would NEVER have the balls to say it to someone's face. It ain't healthy for anyone to constantly read that crap. As you say, yes it's human nature and is only words, but people didn't use to be so downright hateful because they now feel invincible online. It's.just.wrong. And generally, those folks aren't called on it.
What the Redfox team has done doesn't happen anymore. It's admirable, and if you take a minute to think about the passion and dedication of these folks, it should give you pause. And it should make you want to commend them and if nothing else, give them vigorous support.
It's not the end of the world now that it's back. But when you teetered on the cliff looking in to the abyss, it makes you think. It SHOULD have made everyone think. But everyone's so tied up in themselves they can't bother to take the time to look at the real situation and go damn, this could have really really sucked. But thanks to some very great people, they are keeping that from happening. These's an enormous demand for this product, it doesn't exist elsewhere (DVDFab doesn't count) and could have made life very difficult and inconvenient for well, everyone who wants to watch their legally purchased movie anyway other than what hollywood says they should.
How about just looking at the fact that guys are standing up to greedy hollywood, which in and of itself is not something I, and the majority of the folks on this site would do. We all don't have that courage. Look at what happened to Giancarlo Bettini (slysoft). Now these guys have insulated and protected themselves from being pursued and history repeating itself, but you can't disregard the fact that I'm sure the AACS-LA is looking at how to strike them. I'm sure that's given them pause about moving forward with this, but they did, and that act by itself deserves some praise. Cause none of us would have, but we're all benefiting on what THEY did.
Guess we all have differences of opinion on what is commendable. This is.