I propose there be bannings from industry(webmaster) events

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=481061

is most likely the thread that started this ..

the two incidents that I'm talking about most recently are cases of guys getting drunk and then molesting women in the industry thinking that they're just sex objects.

Neither of them was a surfer and both have plenty of money to afford $300 passes.

crappy time out making double posts!

i didnt say otherwise.. read what i was replying to first

Burn The Whitches!!!

I'm already banned. I grabbed Sleazy's ass.

why not hire security to whip peoples asses if they get out of line. its not hard to write down names on paper/pc and keep an eye on shit for future events. if their name pops up fuck em. no soup for you.

Yep, agreed.

well, I think it would be tough for security to enforce, particularly since a lot of these conventions don't take place in any one area.
For example, in Arika's thread, they even stated that the creep followed them up to Aaron's hotel room uninvited. Security wouldn't have been there.
If he was banned from the show entirely though, then that would have prevented him from doing that.

Security would just be like a bouncer at a club.... you get booted, just get up and go to the next club.

That doesn't help the next club.

i know quite a few sufers on here that will pony up $300 for a pass....

but when you set the price of conventions that high, you also lose a lot of people that just don't think it is worth $300....yeah, the place is pretty and has wireless...but if you wanna raise something, raise the costs for sponsors to participate and promote their shit, that is what mainstream conventions do

Honestly I don't know why companies just send anyone and everyone to these events. This isn't the first time someone has made a complete an utter fool of themselves, been abusive to others, destructive to property, etc. One would think that a group of people who are intending to do business would at least screen the people they have representing their corporate image in public. Sure there's partying etc at shows, but one would most certainly hope that a group of ADULTS could ACT like adults, at least for the most part. And people wonder why I'm not jumping up and down to go to every show I see... The more I see this kind of bullshit at shows, the less and less I want to go there to deal with it firsthand.

I try man, but that damn American beer is SOOOO weak it's silly.

Seriously, while I DO agree with Stuart on this I must say that for the most part, these ARE isolated incidents. We just hear about them more.

That doesn't make it any less traumatic for the models or ladies in question, but I hate to see people sit here and say they'll never go to an industry event BECAUSE of this stuff.

I've NEVER seen anything like this happen, thankfullly. If you don't go, you're the ones missing out. If you're a model, certainly take someone with you. If you're a guy, know the boundaries. It's pretty simple really.

The drunk guy groping an industry girl is bad, no doubt. But obviously much worse things can happen that go way beyond this.

But honestly, what can you do? If you are a woman watch where you go and who you are with? For guys, even when the alcohol is flowing don't look at a half-naked (or scantly-clad) woman dancing the way you would at a normal club?

Everyone is an adult and should act like one without bouncers, babysitters or cops.

Those that don't I would assume can get vilified pretty quickly and that may be the worst punishment - not to mention any names.

Sounds like a good idea!!

time to be the insensentive prick i am

ok. i understand that alot is going on at these conventions. i also understand that these models are there with there husbands, and boyfriends.

explain to me why someone besides that person should be handling this? anywhere besides a convention, if someone is harressing your wife/girlfriend then you handle it. yet at a convention its needed to get a board celeb to do it for you? i guess more page views...

dont get me wrong, i think that Aaron did what any good guy would have done in his shoes, salute. my problem is where was newbreed once all this was going down? i mean, that is your wife. shes hot, so guys are going to make advances always. thats part of having a hot wife. i would think that his guard should be honed sharp for shit like this.

same goes with the vanilla and rinaldo deal. where the fuck was stewie once this guy needed a smack? dude. you are married to one of the hottest girls on the web, id expect you to expect advances on her daily. you cant let your guard done for a sec, if and when you do shit like this happens.

im not trying to hold these guys feet to the fire, but its clear that your woman are going to need some form of protection from all sorts, and that is your job. you guys need to tighten up. AaronM cant be around to save everyone all the time yanno.