RIP Cameron Burrell

My deepest sympathy to the Burrell family. I had the privilege of congratulating Cameron in person at the NCAA championship in 2018.....he was appreciative and personable. Thank you to the Burrell family for sharing the cause of Cameron's death, your transparency will help others in preventing death by suicide

So this means Wejo cannot legitimately care about the issue of suicide?

You think people are killing themselves over these lame personal attacks on Letsrun?

Come on.

Is he the brother of LSU’s 400 hurdler?

No

The Unkle wrote:

The Mog Mile wrote:

But when differing of opinion turns into bullying that's something else, and you know that happens on here quite often. I've posted innocent comments and someone immediately will respond with a reply that starts with a personal insult. I can deal with it but can you be sure that an insult isn't the last final thing that drives someone to suicide? And it doesn't matter if the person was suicidal coming in, I sure as hell wouldn't want to be the one that pushed them over the edge.

If cyber bullying causes one death it's one too many.

I think the best policy is to think "would I say this to someone's face?" before posting.

So this means Wejo cannot legitimately care about the issue of suicide?

You think people are killing themselves over these lame personal attacks on Letsrun?

Come on.

I believe I stated my point succinctly but I'll expand on it. Last question first because it segues into the first question.

What you and I may consider lame personal attacks may be not be merely lame to others. There is without question people in the world who actually take pleasure in ridiculing other people and want them to hurt and suffer. I've seen really nasty stuff said about women and minorities on here. Almost worse are the comments that show bigotry and hate disguised by alluding to such without directly coming out and saying it. Sort of like Jim Crow laws that were created to practice racism while staying within the letter of the Constitution. You oversimplify your question by putting it terms that make it seem pandemic. You word it to lessen the possibility that even a few people may be emotionally damaged. People have in fact, committed suicide over cyber bullying, mostly younger people. And to that I stated if it hurts one person and is done on purpose than it's one too many not to mention the bad reputation the site can get.

I'm certain Wejo does care, however he doesn't care enough. LRC is a very good source for running info, meet results, insights, etc. But Wejo has let it turn into a toxic environment without the realization of what harm it can do. Do posts regarding anything but running really have a place on here? I don't think they do, yet his own brother starts threads that are deliberate hot button topics...even when they're running related.

And should posts be allowed to remain that personally attack someone be allowed to stay? I don't think they should. The major social media outlets have taken steps to curb such attacks and major and local news media sites have eliminated message boards altogether. Wejo is either out of touch or doesn't care enough to take steps to at least try and clean it up. Just removing non running threads would be a huge step if for nothing else than it will make running threads a little more static on Page 1 of the message board because they're not getting pushed out of sight by the nonsense. This is how Google operates. Articles and pics that are strongly relevant to what people are looking for will get a higher page ranking and thus more viewers. They weed out the garbage.

And from a market standpoint it makes sense too. What woman or minority would want to visit this site and risk being attacked? I've read where some posters have commented that this site gets no sponsorship from any high profile company. (I ignore the ads so I've never really looked) But I can believe it. If the site was created to be profitable that's a strange way to market it by driving away a significant share of potential viewers because they won't come on here. And if it's not made to be profitable (I understand the BroJos are already wealthy) then simple human decency should be the main concern. Does he care about that? I don't know the man but I for one would love to talk directly to understand his point of view.

"Women and minorities" over and over and over. We get it... you hate white males.

Go spend some time around the world and educate yourself on how women are treated by non-white males.

Someone does not understand the word succinctly. You missed out on the most important part, brevity

The Unkle wrote:

The Mog Mile wrote:

So this means Wejo cannot legitimately care about the issue of suicide?

Come on.

This site was responsible for a man's suicide. This is just a way for the Brojos to try to wipe their conscience clean.

imagine that wrote:

"Women and minorities" over and over and over. We get it... you hate white males.

Go spend some time around the world and educate yourself on how women are treated by non-white males.

is it tough going through life being such an incel?

No, he understands the word and was referring to his previous post. Due to the seeming lack of comprehension by a responder, he felt the need to expound. This was exceedingly clear to me, but I guess insults on this board will always trump comprehension.

The bandido wrote:

The Unkle wrote:

So this means Wejo cannot legitimately care about the issue of suicide?

Come on.

This site was responsible for a man's suicide. This is just a way for the Brojos to try to wipe their conscience clean.

no, the cheating, lying dishonest idiot was responsible for his suicide.

The bandido wrote:

The Unkle wrote:

So this means Wejo cannot legitimately care about the issue of suicide?

Come on.

This site was responsible for a man's suicide. This is just a way for the Brojos to try to wipe their conscience clean.

Call the number if you need help

God you are such a narcissist. This thread is about a poor man that took his life . It's not about you and your political/social views. Take your hate elsewhere.

Wtf!!??

rojo togo wrote:

Wtf!!??

calling a lying cheating loser a lying cheating loser is proportionate to being a lying cheating loser.

he acted disproportionately througout, by choice.

rip meza, but you started it and you ended it.

pupil3142 wrote:

This site was responsible for a man's suicide. This is just a way for the Brojos to try to wipe their conscience clean.

no, the cheating, lying dishonest idiot was responsible for his suicide.[/quote]

+1

pupil3142 wrote:

rojo togo wrote:

Wtf!!??

calling a lying cheating loser a lying cheating loser is proportionate to being a lying cheating loser.

he acted disproportionately througout, by choice.

rip meza, but you started it and you ended it.

Are you saying Burrell lied and cheated? I'm confused. Is there an allegation that he lied and cheated? I haven't seen it.

He is not referring to Burrell but rather to some doctor who was cheating by not running the full distance in marathons.

Why did he do if? Because his track career didn’t work out? I am very sorry this happened.