Hurt the community? I offered several times to put 100BCs in and gather some more from other victims to take criminal charges against James. First time months ago. Almost nobody of this "community" wanted to go through with it. I was even called an idiot because I said James wouldnt pay.
This didnt hurt the community. It shows and screams to everyone out there that its a community of wankers and idiots that dont deserve better than beeing stolen from.
I don't want to throw good money after bad either. Doesn't showing everyone we are wankers and idiots sound like it hurt us?
I only dont see why you guys handle your USD another way than your bitcoins. If it were USD that are stolen you would run after it and do everything but bitcoins? No one would matter. The police doesnt matter. Its all lost. What mindset of fatality. In fact the police only dont know what bitcoins are and what its all about. So dont speak about bitcoins. Only when they know that its USD that are lost. The form is secondary like it is with an expensive painting. Then you can tell them in what form you paid them. And im sure they will understand.
Ok, its the internet. I was paid many times with stolen paypal accounts without chance to get something back. But pirate and nefario are known in person. (When nefario really wont pay back the btc that doesnt belong to him.)
Whatever... i dont have to fight anymore because i sold pirate shares before it stopped, sold diablo (with luck) nearly without loss before it crashed too much, got the btc back from nefario and got the asset infos after some kind words, deeds and encouragement to nefario... but ok, its your guys thing how you handle it. I only say that i would fight.