The thing is, nobody is asking anyone else to turn against Osi, or ostracise him, or anything like that.
It's simply a case of looking at the evidence that's been presented and accepting the situation that Osi has been dishonest and then lied repeatedly to try and cover up his wrong-doing.
By overtly taking his side in all of this, people are validating his position...telling him that it's all right to be dishonest in this hobby.
If people really want to help Osi, then they should be encouraging him to change his ways.
The way things are, his future within the hobby, or at least on the forums, is bleak. Word travels fast in such a small community. If people want to help him, they're going the wrong way about doing so.
Osi seems to be under the impression that we here on this forum have a personal dislike of him, or an "axe to grind" as he puts it.
If he just would stop for a second and think, he'd see that we have no motive for such feelings. The whole situation with the reels and cores arose from the facts as they revealed themselves on the other forums. That is what we have responded to, nothing more. So why does he think it's personal?
How much energy has Osi wasted on trying to cover up the cover-ups which are covering up more cover-ups, all of his own creation?
He should make no mistake about it, eventually this stuff will all come out. He will trip up somewhere and then he'll be a long way from one of "our own".
Right, I'm off to watch Seinfeld.