Originally Posted by Frosstbyte

This is perhaps an odd comment, but I don't understand the point of public self-flagellation and/or apologies when most of the people here haven't the slightest clue what the fuck happened. It doesn't help us understand or appreciate the situation any better or understand why what happened has made the community any better or worse. I guess if it's a feel good exercise, good for you? But, honestly, if we're not going to talk about what happened and why it happened so everyone can learn from the situation, I don't know why we're talking about it at all.

There are some tantalizing hints of what we might be talking about (esp. re: punk and shesus's posts) but without a better scope, it's kind of empty.