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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7977964" data-attributes="member: 37579">And Zak S has proven himself as someone reliable who we can believe based on his word?She made an anonymous email for the sole purpose of contacting Mearls and then shared it with multiple people who were also associated with Zak S?I find that doubtful...Do you have any evidence of that statement? A name? An anonymous tweet that someone shared said email? Anything but your personal feelings?People will always believe what they want and no amount of "evidence" will convince someone of something they just don't want to believe.So, basically, it's your assertion Olivia Hill is lying. That's what your saying here. You are fine with believing Zak S over Olivia Hill. That she is making up her accusation and blaming Mearls because.... of reasons.<a href="https://www.theonion.com/woman-probably-just-made-up-rape-story-in-order-to-get-1819578559" target="_blank">Yeah, that makes total sense. </a>I tend to default to a combination of Ocam and Hanlon's Razor in situations like this. There's no need to invent third parties leaking emails from behind a grassy knoll. There's usually a simple explanation, and more often than not it just involves ignorance and carelessness. In this instance, it's very possible Mearls shared the accusations with Zak to get his side of the story. And, not being experienced with being the target of online harassment, Mearls forgot to fully scrub said emails when he forwarded them, and the address was quoted or included in the metadata. The email was shared, but not on purpose. But that's just speculation on my part based solely on my affection for D&D and desire to believe the people responsible for the game weren't horrible. I want Mearls to be a good guy. And so I frabricate a mental scenerio to justify my continued support...</blockquote>

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