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Date Posted: 05:14:47 09/02/03 Tue
In reply to:
Passerby
's message, "Putting Maria in Perspective" on 17:14:57 09/01/03 Mon
We are keeping our heads up about 'MAT' for our protection and the protection of those who could also fall prey to her. I felt violated by MAT, I became friends with her and shared very personal information with her only to find out that she's a mentally unbalanced, potentially dangerous person. I am motivated purely by the fact that I want to spare other people from what I went through. In addition, she also may be capable of worse things than just lies. I was also worried that she would take on my life as her own and start contacting HPers with my photo. She's done it before.
I do pity MAT, I think she's one of the more pathetic people I've met in a long time. But that does not stop me from protecting others and myself from her dangerous behavior.
>I know there's been a lot of Maria-related controversy
>out here on these messageboards, and I'd just like to
>weigh in here with my comments. In the past, I
>lurked, and occasionally posted, on Puckbunnies Unite,
>so I'm very familiar with the whole MAT saga. I know
>there's any number of people out there who feel that
>Maria betrayed their trust. In fact, after MAT was
>exposed as an Internet fraud, I very clearly remember
>someone on one of the boards (not sure if it was this
>one or not) comparing that betrayal of trust to
>feeling as if they had been raped. As someone who
>(unfortunately) has several rape victims in my
>immediate family, I found that comparison to be rather
>disturbing. However, aside from the betrayal-rape
>comparison, my issue, and the question I'd really like
>to ask here, is why MAT continues to be an ongoing
>controversy. I understand the betrayal of trust
>issue. But on the other hand, this is the Internet.
> Having said that, it's so important to remember to
>take online tales (for the most part) with a grain of
>salt. So Maria is less-than-truthful. So what? It
>goes without saying that honesty is definitely the
>best policy, but exactly what damage have her lies
>really done to anyone? Her lies make her, and her
>alone, look bad. In the end, her lies were what did
>her in, and now, her credibility has been completely
>shot to hell. So the only real damage that's been
>done here is the damage MAT did to herself. Right?
>
>Rather than continually re-hashing the pathetic story
>of a lonely young woman out in cyberspace, she is
>someone to be pitied, not to be ridiculed. So she
>lied about being a VP of a record company. Big deal.
>Who among us honestly believed that story in the first
>place? VPs and other top-level executives are far too
>busy in their professional lives to devote as much
>time to hosting a hockey gossip website as Maria did.
>Makes sense, doesn't it? So she lied about modeling
>gigs and a thin frame. C'mon, gang. Does any of this
>really matter in the grand scheme of things? Of
>course not.
>
>Don't get me wrong. I'm certainly not defending MAT's
>actions. In fact, I'm quite the advocate for truth
>and honesty. But it's all in the past at this point,
>and as I stated earlier, the rather-pathetic MAT
>should be pitied, not put down.
>
>Thanks for your time and your ear.
>
>Passerby
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