so you have said many times. As long as you are clear that *I* am not saying it... whatever.
<delete> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am referring solely to the fact that her account got hacked. I do > not think she bears any blame because she did not use security > measures that we (as IT professionals) may use. > > Her privacy was violated (or whatever the law was the kid broke). > Period. End of story. As I have said repeatedly, if we start placing > blame on the victims, we are basically legitimizing the crimes and > saying the victims deserved it. > > The fact that some wrongdoing may have been found does not change my > opinion of this. What was found would likely never be admissible in > court even if it was illegal (As Sam pointed out, apparently a judge > in Alaska has said it was not illegal). > > We cannot start to think that the ends justify the means..for anyone, > ever (and, yes, I think that should include illegal immigrants). > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: >> >> I'm curious where you feel her role as a public official comes into >> play with this. She was using the Yahoo account for government >> business and seemed to indicate that she was doing so, in part, to >> evade public records laws. If someone in her office had seen damning >> emails in that account and put them out there, I would consider it a >> valid case of whistleblowing as she was using the account for >> government business. This case is obviously different because it is >> someone outside the whole deal who gained unauthorized access and then >> put everything out in public view. I don't think that's right but on >> the other hand, I think that correspondence in her official capacity >> in that account is fair game for being looked at by the public. So I'm >> a little conflicted. >> >> Judah >> >> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> As was pointed out earlier, we pretty much agree on this, except for >>> the culpability of Palin. >>> >>> You think she bears some of the blame for what happened. I disagree with >>> that. >>> >>> In my opinion, when you start placing blame on the victim you are >>> almost validating the crime and/or saying that they deserved it. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317373 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
