I was watching 2020 the other day and learned about Donald Peltier, just your average Joe, and how he took advantage of people wanting to support their favorite candidates by creating political websites for both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. When people thought they were donating money to the political campaign, their money was actually going straight into his pocket. Peltier had been working as a driver for Fuel Services Inc. of South Hadley, but as soon as the news about him was televised, he was fired. Yay! With the internet, it's so easy to fool people that you have to be careful before checking stuff out first before y'know sending a thousand bucks to some fake political candidate. The websites he created actually looked like the "real deal" -- he appealed to the public's peripheral views rather than persuading them by logical ways. As of yet, the Federal Election Commission hasn't made any action towards charging Peltier since they are unsure of what legal issues are involved without a complaint having been filed first. Even if all of the people who donated had their money returned to them, it would be less likely for them to try and donate to the right website anyway. They'd be too skeptical and wouldn't want to risk their chances of losing their money again!
Ah, the internet. Always to be taken with a grain of salt. Sad how it can be abused, sometimes. I agree. Do you feel this man should be arrested?
ReplyDeleteOf course! I mean, why should he be able to just walk away with all of the money he scammed from people? That isn't cool.
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