How the topic changes and evolves over the course of a single day...
I think we can all agree that Paul is an insufferable twat. I think we can also agree that (so far as we know) his family was not involved in his dealings in any way, and as such should be crossed off of 'the hit list'. It also isn't like the internet 'mob' is going through his garbage to steal his bank account numbers or are writing terrorist-style manifestos before calling in bomb threats in his name. So far as the online community has done, they've traced emails to steroid use and a three year old domestic violence case. That's it.
With that said, some will note that I share a number of points of view as Gabe from PA. Paul's family is a definite no-go zone, the product and 'Ocean Marketting [sic]' are two ENTIRELY separate entities, so review-bombing it on Amazon and such is doing nothing beneficial for anyone (or detrimental for Paul). To that end, I have absolutely no problems watching people dig up more proof of Paul's incompetence as a human being.
I've noticed some people accuse that if, theoretically, Paul did remove himself from the equation (you know what I am talking about), the blood would be on the internet community's hands. That statement is incorrect: Any decisions that Paul makes going forward are his and his alone. Like I said above, the worst that the web community has done is make events from his past public, they haven't and can not put a gun to his head and pull the trigger.
To that end, I actually hold hesitation on if Paul's family has actually received any threats against his family's well-being, though maybe against Paul himself. The only person to explicitly state that there have been any threats is Paul himself, and I believe we all know what his word is worth these days. Grant it, we do know the nature of the internet so such a thing as those kinds of threats wouldn't surprise me, but I'd put more stock in the possibility if they came from anyone but the known liar that is the 'victim' (Paul).
To cap it off, to those that say "Well he just shot his mouth off, you can't tell me you never have done that!", I have this to say. Paul consistently managed to insult and demean multiple customers over an extensive period of time (months), with only this latest escapade of his making the headlines. Unless he's been having consistently bad days throughout his employment, which I highly doubt, that excuse holds no water.
There is also a fine line between personally and professionally running your mouth off. Personally, yes, everyone does it. To deny that fact either means you are lying, or that you are a robot and are incapable of emotions. Professionally, over email no less (since it eliminates knee-jerk responses), it is an entirely different matter that any sensible human being understands. Paul didn't just have a bad day at work and shoot his mouth off to a customer in front of him, he has been behaving like the uncultured and spineless antagonistic coward that he is, over an extended period of time, simply because he could.
I think we can all agree that Paul is an insufferable twat. I think we can also agree that (so far as we know) his family was not involved in his dealings in any way, and as such should be crossed off of 'the hit list'. It also isn't like the internet 'mob' is going through his garbage to steal his bank account numbers or are writing terrorist-style manifestos before calling in bomb threats in his name. So far as the online community has done, they've traced emails to steroid use and a three year old domestic violence case. That's it.
With that said, some will note that I share a number of points of view as Gabe from PA. Paul's family is a definite no-go zone, the product and 'Ocean Marketting [sic]' are two ENTIRELY separate entities, so review-bombing it on Amazon and such is doing nothing beneficial for anyone (or detrimental for Paul). To that end, I have absolutely no problems watching people dig up more proof of Paul's incompetence as a human being.
I've noticed some people accuse that if, theoretically, Paul did remove himself from the equation (you know what I am talking about), the blood would be on the internet community's hands. That statement is incorrect: Any decisions that Paul makes going forward are his and his alone. Like I said above, the worst that the web community has done is make events from his past public, they haven't and can not put a gun to his head and pull the trigger.
To that end, I actually hold hesitation on if Paul's family has actually received any threats against his family's well-being, though maybe against Paul himself. The only person to explicitly state that there have been any threats is Paul himself, and I believe we all know what his word is worth these days. Grant it, we do know the nature of the internet so such a thing as those kinds of threats wouldn't surprise me, but I'd put more stock in the possibility if they came from anyone but the known liar that is the 'victim' (Paul).
To cap it off, to those that say "Well he just shot his mouth off, you can't tell me you never have done that!", I have this to say. Paul consistently managed to insult and demean multiple customers over an extensive period of time (months), with only this latest escapade of his making the headlines. Unless he's been having consistently bad days throughout his employment, which I highly doubt, that excuse holds no water.
There is also a fine line between personally and professionally running your mouth off. Personally, yes, everyone does it. To deny that fact either means you are lying, or that you are a robot and are incapable of emotions. Professionally, over email no less (since it eliminates knee-jerk responses), it is an entirely different matter that any sensible human being understands. Paul didn't just have a bad day at work and shoot his mouth off to a customer in front of him, he has been behaving like the uncultured and spineless antagonistic coward that he is, over an extended period of time, simply because he could.
