Honor Amongst Thieves

So the other day I posted about how distraught and terrified I was that FMG had uncovered my identity. I theorized about his wealth of resources and what my fate might be now that he had "tracked me down". Since then, the emails have been pouring in. Here is a sampling of the comments I've been getting:

"He crossed a line. You don't fuck with someone's life like that."
"I really hope this doesn't stop you from posting."
"Don't let his threats get to you."
"I want to be your paramour."

Guys, while the support is much appreciated, rest well in knowing that FMG has no intent of blackmailing and/or killing me with anthrax. He hasn't threatened me in any way. He actually did me a favor and he did this favor intentionally.

Here's what happened:

So the day prior to that post, FMG and I had a small exchange on the FTFMG Facebook page. During that exchange, FMG casually mentioned my first name. Well, as you might imagine, this caused me to spit out my cof--- nevermind. It shook me a bit. I immediately emailed FMG saying basically, "Dude, that's not cool. What's your angle?" I then had to meet my parents for dinner and it wasn't until after dinner that I got FMG's response saying "Haha. No worries, I wouldn't fuck with you like that. Just thought you should know how easy it is for people to find out who you are through your domain registration." It turned out that when I registered the domain name (which only costs $12 by the way, not $50) I never checked the privacy option. Well didn't I just go ahead and fix that right quick. During that time, FMG had also deleted his Facebook comment with my name in it.

Did FMG get the best of me for an hour while I labored through dinner wondering if my house was burning down? Yup. Was he ultimately doing me a good turn? Yup.

Gamesmanship at its finest.

So my post was 100% tongue-in-cheek. It was representative of my mindset during that one hour period when I didn't know what was what.

Truth be told, I'm relieved that FMG knows who I am. There's an tiny, unavoidable sense of shame that comes with criticizing a stranger under the blanket of anonymity. For me, that's gone now. Now the only sense of shame I have is the one about that thing where I started a blog shitting on a blog for shitting on another blog.

I'm pretty sure Manzo knows who FMG is as well.

I just sure as shit hope that the rest of you crazy fuckers don't find out who I am.

PS - This is my favorite picture from the first page of results when you do a google image search for "Honor Amongst Thieves". I couldn't have said it better myself.