Something I've come to find really obnoxious about Russell's maneuvering is the way he'll do something wrong and sanctionable, admit that he did it and that it was wrong, and then say, "Well, it's already done. No point punishing me, it's not like that would undo the mistake." And then the court chooses to humor him. It's the logic of a poorly-brought-up middle-schooler
It's a learned behavior. Obviously we don't have Russell's entire life story but I'd hazard a guess this is how he learned to deal with conflict:
- Russ does something he's stupid.
- Russ goes, "I didn't mean to. It was a goof. A bizarre mistake! I was just being careful!. Don't be mean to me! I'm just a poor retard".
- Person takes one look at Russ and feels pity.
- Person says, "it's okay Russ. It was just a mistake. Don't do it again."
- Russ doesn't learn anything and continues doing stupid things.
- The cycle continues
He learned that shit when he was a child and it's now ingrained into him because it worked. Now the issue arises in that Russ is not only adult and playing the "I'm just a poor retard" card is not nearly as effective anymore. Plus he's doing it in a forum where the very nature of said forum require a deeper investigation beyond "I'm just a poor retard." It's an instance where, yes, you can blame Russ because it's ultimately his actions, but the fault lies in how his parents and society enabled this behavior.
You'd figure Russ would have faced a consequence severe enough to unlearn that behavior at some point, but if he's got one admirable trait, it's stubborn persistence. He can pretend to be retarded much longer than anyone else can be patient. The only way that ever changes is if Russ gets smacked down in a manner that trumps all other smackdowns. Will that be this court case? Probably not unless this court lets Russ continue the charade and he digs such a deep hole he ends up in China.
Regardless of whether Russ pays the sanction or not, whatever he does today will be fascinating. He should have taken the free out by not paying the filing fees, but nope. Either he pays today and stops the temporary bleeding (while there are a handful of knives flying his way) and admits he paid a single red cent to HardNull, or he ignores it again...And then what? I'd be doesn't pay, it's like he thinks he's taking a final stand but this sanction is figuratively the first bullet in the war. The lawsuit hasn't even started and the slaughter hathe commenced. The 5 or so ECFs that'll fly in today are a great start to the work week. Hell, he may even upload more of his porn stash! I'm excited.
) but I don't have much to add. Can't wait to get into 344.