Really? I Mean, Really?

This week, I have been witness to a series of FB posts.  If they had not been so pitiful, they would have been quite funny. 

Here's the background.  A gentleman posted on a neighborhood FB page that he was looking for memorabilia from the neighborhood as well as from the high school in the area.  He was willing to pay for it.  A woman, a graduate of the school, posted that she had gotten some trophies, about 20 years ago, from the school before it was torn down, and the gentleman was welcome to them.  It was unclear as to whether she was selling them or giving them to him. 

Even though the school has been torn down, the gym is still standing, and is being beautifully renovated. There are those who feel that the trophies would be more appropriately placed in the gym when the renovations are completed, rather than in the gentleman's private collection. 

And, the firestorm began.  Accusations began to fly.  The woman was accused of stealing the trophies.  Never mind, that when she went back for a sentimental walk through her Alma mater before it was torn down, the POLICE said she could have the trophies.  It seems that she saved them from being left behind in the rubble.  That explanation was insufficient for some.  The question came up as to whether anyone had considered pressing charges against the woman for theft and the gentleman for being an accessory after the fact.  Really?    I mean something should be done about this threat to society. They have developed a conspiracy that rivals "who shot JFK."

 I expect to see her on America's Most Wanted.  What possible motivation could she have had twenty years ago when she, with permission, took the trophies and stored them in her home somewhere?  Of course, she must have anticipated there would be a big demand for them, and she would make a financial killing.  Maybe, they were her retirement plan!  Do you think?  Maybe, just maybe she did not want them to be destroyed. 

And the gentleman....what a duplicitous soul he is!  Everyone knows that FB is the best place to go to get "hot" trophies.  I can just picture some hidden room in his home where he stores his black market trophies, plays an LP of his high school band's half-time performance, rubs his greedy hands together as he diabolically laughs at all those suckers who missed out.  Could it be more absurd?  Okay, yeah, probably it could be.

As one would hope, the firestorm has died down.  None of the accusers have apologized, but they have admitted that the lady in question is lovely, and now that they know her maiden name, they remember her fondly from the old days.  The gentleman is going to restore the trophies at his own expense, place them in the gym in honor of his grandfather ~ wicked man ~ which seems satisfactory to his detractors.

The only concession that I saw on FB was someone saying that they were glad that he decided to do the "right thing."  Sheesh!!

Why did this become such a mess?  Why in the world did people draw such negative conclusions about these two  people and their motivation?  I have to admit, it makes me wonder about the character and ethics of the accusers.  If it had not been so pitiful, it might have been funny.

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