Did Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheat his way into Boston?

dreamin wrote:

Talk about logical fallacies.

Facts:

Guy 1 commits a crime and is prosecuted for it.

Guy 2 calls Guy 1's wife a fat ugly slut.

Guy 1's crime affects the wife worse than Guy 2's actions.

Conclusions:

If you denounce Guy 2's actions on the basis of unnecessary harm to the wife, you must also not prosecute Guy 1 because his actions affected the wife more.

Crime?

The accusation was that his wife and kids, reading THIS THREAD would be harmed because of what Ken has said on twitter that has been reposted in THIS THREAD. My point, which apparently was too subtle for you, and for that I apologize, was that it is very unlikely that of all the things his family would learn reading this thread that the insults re-posted on here from one crazy fat dude with a vendetta, would come remotely close to causing them the most "harm". (Although I think there has been a concerted effort to make that the focus, to fill the thread with "Ken is bad" and take away from Rossi's own disgusting behaviour). Personally, I would be more upset learning that my 48 year old father was calling some other child a gimp and making fun of a man who lost a leg (not to mention the whole cheating fiasco etc.), than that some idiot called my mom fat. That's just my (and my wife's) view - you may feel differently.

I have never said what Ken has said on twitter is ok, just the opposite. But the attempt to make the focus on this thread about what Ken is saying on twitter is highly suspicious. The way to get rid of a troll is to ignore them. The way to deflect from Rossi is to focus on the troll.

Mike's back from some kind of Disney cruise. Looks horrible. His ankle seems to be fine though.

Let me take a wild guess:

You are miserable

triathleteguru wrote:

I'll contact the RD either later today or tomorrow. Can't do it right now, busy at work... I can vouch for the fact that noname is legitimate and did contact DQ Events/Chuck Sellers as I received the same reply from Chuck that noname did. I would really like one more photo from the finish, but am not having any luck. I reached out to all the people on Strava that ran the 5k with no luck so far. If anyone knows and can contact the Aylmers, they are the most likely to have the photo we need. If not, I'll leave it up to the RD to do a little bit of work...

I'm just curious if Rossi does end up getting DQed from the Turkey Trot would that bring closure for most people with Rossigate? I think the ship has sailed for the DQ on the LVM. Or will this go on forever and eventually hit 100,000 posts?

Mike Ross wrote:

theREALsmokingGunner wrote:

Let me take a wild guess:

You aren't married and you aren't a father.

Your opinion would probably change if you were, so don't take it the wrong way but your opinion doesn't carry too much weight in this particular instance.

Let me take a wild guess:

You are miserable

Completely happy. Sorry.

I am also fiercely protective of my family.

run.run wrote:

Crime?

The accusation was that his wife and kids, reading THIS THREAD would be harmed because of what Ken has said on twitter that has been reposted in THIS THREAD.

Crime was an analogy.

That was not the accusation. I don't think they read this thread.

bored troLLer wrote:

Please post pics of your wife, mother, mother-in-law, and sisters for Letsrun readers to judge. Then lets see how they react.

Ken's not posting picture of Mike's family on Letsrun. If it bothers you so much what Ken is doing on Twitter - why not address it on Twitter? Do you actually think re-publishing and spreading offensive content to a larger audience will lesson the offensive nature of what he is saying? If someone posted a naked picture of your wife on twitter which 6 people see, should I re-post the naked picture on here so many more people can see it and say - "look what Ken did? He's a bad guy". Does that help your wife?

What you are doing makes it seem like your goal is to make this thread about Ken and Ken being a bad guy, rather than about Mike Rossi being a cheater. That may not be your goal, but, that's sure how it comes across.

theREALsmokingGunner wrote:

Completely happy. Sorry.

I am also fiercely protective of my family.

Where do you live? The tribal area's of Waziristan?

I see this DQ as a gateway to more.

FYI I am married and have children. I teach my kids to be respectful and to stand up for themselves, but to also not engage in online fights, period. As a family, we limit our online exposure and we're very careful about what we post, because as my wife and I both know, once you put yourself out there you don't own your information anymore. We also teach them to have thick skin and not get overly defensive in social media, because crazy a$$holes like Mike and Ken are all over the place and there's nothing you can do about that.

theREALsmokingGunner wrote:

Mike Ross wrote:

Let me take a wild guess:

You are miserable

Completely happy. Sorry.

I am also fiercely protective of my family.

Uzhorod wrote:

theREALsmokingGunner wrote:

Completely happy. Sorry.

I am also fiercely protective of my family.

Where do you live? The tribal area's of Waziristan?

Lol nice. Marin.

But we started out in East Oakland.

run.run wrote:

Ken's not posting picture of Mike's family on Letsrun. If it bothers you so much what Ken is doing on Twitter - why not address it on Twitter? .

I'm only bothered when posters come on here to defend Ken, and then encourage him to keep doing what he's doing. Most of them don't see what he's really doing. My intention was to get those people to stop supporting Ken and see that his methods are wrong.

I've seen enough people attempt to reason with Ken to understand that it's not possible. Although I see he's now deleted a lot of the offensive tweets. So it seems my post did have a positive effect, but it remains to be seen how long Ken can abstain before he crosses the line again.

EllenCaileMC wrote:

Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile self-esteem that's vulnerable to the slightest criticism.

A narcissistic personality disorder causes problems in many areas of life, such as relationships, work, school or financial affairs. You may be generally unhappy and disappointed when you're not given the special favors or admiration you believe you deserve. Others may not enjoy being around you, and you may find your relationships unfulfilling.

Why bring Trump into this?

Yes, Haddon Township is in South Jersey, but it's nowhere near Atlantic City

Out of the boot already. That is magical.

Uzhorod wrote:

Mike's back from some kind of Disney cruise. Looks horrible. His ankle seems to be fine though.

I think as long as he keeps running there is no end in sight.If he gets DQ'ed it may lose some steam. but I am convinced as long as he "runs" there is a 50/50 chance for deceit. Whoever gets definitive pics might make a few dollars on it too.

The Rossi Posse is back but my mom and dad slept on different beds. :(

Trump. Clinton. Where is sanity.

Uzhorod wrote:

Mike's back from some kind of Disney cruise. Looks horrible. His ankle seems to be fine though.

Where are you getting this information? Might he try another 5K? (Haddon Heights has a Jingle Run this Saturday).

Mike's twitter account is BACK IN THE GAME BABY!

EZPass Mike wrote:

Uzhorod wrote:

Mike's back from some kind of Disney cruise. Looks horrible. His ankle seems to be fine though.

Where are you getting this information? Might he try another 5K? (Haddon Heights has a Jingle Run this Saturday).