I really believe some of the people posting here are borderline retarded. There are entire posts, long ones which make utterly no sense. Paragraphs of ramblings with no coherent point or ending...
If you don't know who I'm talking about that chances are I'm talking about you.
I've read the letter posted, I have not received one. I viewed the thread as it became a wasp nest of total chaos. Now that a few days have past has everyone re-read the letter?
Here is my own personal summary, an opinion shared and open for discussion - not meant to be legal advice.
Part One:
Some of the things that have been said are not true
Part Two: Adam wants to address concerns and
negotiate a settlement of
all issues with person
Part Three: This offer to negotiate is open to person
if you are willing to settle all issues to
closure.
(Im not sure about the part that requests disparaging posts be taken down, does that mean things that were untrue, said out of anger, exaggerated? Or just everything negative said about him even if it is undeniable true like he has been charged by the RCMP, that he posted public information on people that posted charge backs against him ect...) <-- If that is the case then I would change my opinion listed below
So to me reading this, it seems like Adam is very serious about solving everyone's problems - not the opposite. If you have a claim and want closure - go talk. But if you don't want closure, lets not talk. That's very direct and detailed.
I've said this to Shane before, that his claims of a 'part 2' were a form of extortion. He seems to have
inserted himself as the defacto arbitrator in all of these matters because he claims to have more information. He continues to post dates of when he might release 'part 2' if things don't go according to his will, he changes those dates at will and refuses to defunct the existence of "part 2" leading to all sorts of pure speculation.
Two wrongs don't make a right. How could anyone solve claims with this type of thing overhanging them. Its clear Adam will continue to have people make claims against him for a long time. He said he settled with 8 people. 8 people which he agreed he needed to refund money and that was before a lot of people came forward in this thread. So it will be a long process to make amends with people if he really decided he wants to do that.
So does that mean he has to deal with Shane, an unrelated third party for the next X months or years?
Once the word of settlement gets out you'll see an entire wave of claims come forward, the people that are waiting to see how this plays out. What happens then? Does Shane continue to delay "part 2" all the while building up his blog?
I have posted 2 questions about Advertising Claims. They remain valid and Im sure this issue will be brought up by others and not go away till Adam addresses it. I will admit its not a simple solution and given that I held off continuing to post about them as the process of clearing up straight forward claims are resolved.
Claims like this one:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/is-adam-dicker-a-criminal-you-decide.883579/page-78#post-5052171 Clear cut, brought forward by a nice guy, not trying to stir stuff up - I think many people would really give Adam some slack if he at least cleared up these clear cut cases.
The creation of the Shane defense fund or whatever its called is what made me rethink maybe a resolution was never really Shanes intended goal.
If Shane can't list what he wants specially, then how can Adam (or anyone) really resolve his issues with him?
And to Adam you have some very clear cut cases, your silence on them and lack of refunds do make your ultimate actions suspect as well. Holding up valid claims while you sort Shane out will only make your legitimate victims worse off.
Common sense, empathy and accountability need to return to this thread.
