This thread seriously needs to die in a fire..... On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Right, but the only way we know she was doing this was because someone > illegally hacking into her account. > > I understand, and to some degree, share, your feelings of being conflicted. > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> > wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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. > > > > I don't think that a government official has the same expectation of > > privacy when operating in a public capacity. If she was a private > > individual, however notable, operating in a private capacity, even if > > running for office, then I would completely agree. But if someone is > > using a communications mechanism for communications in a role that > > overlaps their job as a public employee, then I don't think the same > > standard applies. If my employer checks out an email that I'm sending > > from a company computer during work hours, I would understand that. I > > don't have the same expectation of privacy in my role as an employee. > > The difficulty here is that Gov. Palin was apparently using a personal > > account for public business and seemingly in an attempt to make these > > very waters murky. Public business is public business. I don't care > > which email address you are using for it. > > > > Judah > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:317377 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
