This is nothing like a witch hunt and the issue is quite different than a loaf of bread. In this case you have the 'witch' in the midst of it all creating issues for many who are asking for evidence he ran the race. Sorry it saddens you, but his behavior should sadden you more. He is the only one with the power to end it.
Just an average runner wrote:
This thread saddens me even more deeply than before. The vitriol against a stranger elicited by the possibility of cheating at a marathon, this thread has become more about the reaction of the posters than the allegation against one person.
It is like watching viral road rage and everyone who urges a pause, a breath, perspective, or compassion gets shouted down.
I feel like I am watching a stoning in the Middle Ages of someone alleged to be a witch or the flaying of a man who stole bread.
Stolen honor and glory is wrong. So is zealotry.
There is no longer anything but shame in this thread. Unbelievable.