Know what you mean. When I first started writing for publication I wrote a great blogpost about a condo in a real estate bubble building where a bank took a million dollar loss. That night I went to cocktail hour and serendipitously met one of my readers who explained that the condo was owned by El Chemico, a cartel guy in Colombia. I wrote a lovely follow up story until realizing, this was way outside of my topics of coverage at the time, and this guy could show up and merc me for it. Did not post that one...
Know what you mean. When I first started writing for publication I wrote a great blogpost about a condo in a real estate bubble building where a bank took a million dollar loss. That night I went to cocktail hour and serendipitously met one of my readers who explained that the condo was owned by El Chemico, a cartel guy in Colombia. I wrote a lovely follow up story until realizing, this was way outside of my topics of coverage at the time, and this guy could show up and merc me for it. Did not post that one...
Sometimes, it's best to step away and ride another day. Especially if you're not going to change anything by putting stuff out there (but LEOs might).