I apologize. Last night I was a jerk

[xiamiam]

I started following the crime last night because a DUer posted a link to a local Boston station which was livestreaming. I started watching when they were at MIT and the reporters were in the thick of it. It was fascinating and 4 hours later, I was still glued to the screen. I believed several legitimate sources linking the Brown student, Sunil to the Boston marathon. At 2 in the morning, two names were released and it was all over the internet. When I woke up, neither of those names were in the news. But, it was not before I made an assumption that it was him and authored a post. I've been feeling bad about it all day. I apologize. Not only to DUers, especially the new DUer with 6 posts only, but also for even contributing to anything which could ever hurt anyone including hearsay and gossip. I've never done this before on a public site where u guys don't even know me, but it makes me feel a little better getting it off my chest, and I did it here at DU.. which is a place, although I bitch and moan, I do appreciate and have for the last 9 years.

I'm sorry

[elleng]

1. Thanks for the apology.

[Logical]

2. Nice post. Crazy week, mistakes are made. n-t

[undeterred]

3. ...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. I apologize too. I posted name on the basis of some early reports that seemed to get withdrawn. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. It's hard to slow down at times

Trust me, it takes experience and restraint.

[Cane4Dems]

6. that's ok...perhaps you should make a post about Sunil's story

that way more people can hear about what happened to him and maybe some break could help find him ( a longshot i know but still)

[Fumesucker]

7. K&R