Yes but I guess the only analogy I can think of right now is how the media doesn't use a rape victims name. Survivors are victims of abuse. The Who (program shill, possibly posing as a parent) is not. He's here to do research and promote programs. THAT, IMO, is relevant information.
Did you like it when your personal details got posted? I can't imagine you found it very amusing. I know I didn't like it when I was being threatened by Issabelle's comrade on the Chieftain forum with my personal information.
This sort of thing has to work both ways. No where do I say you need to like the who, but damn.. his privacy should be just as protected as the next posters.
In my opinion what happened here is some poor schlepp was made the unwelcome victim of internet harrassment. Not the sort you are thinking about but from what I know someone has already emailed the guy's coworkers and another has made phone calls. Even if it is the WHO.. no one merits that sort of invasion into their personal life.
We claim its bad enough that when an escort drags some kid from his room. To me I feel like what is happening right now is about on the same damn level. Even attempting to justify it as "well the guy is a programmie" rings awfully hollow to me at least.
My biggest regret here on fornits, and I've a few regrets for sure, is the time I posted some of karen in dallas's private messages. It made me feel as if I broke some sort of unspoken expectation. Maybe it is just me but I've always been under the assumption that fornits has been about promoting privacy.
Definitely this whole thing has made me view fornits in general in a very different light.
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