actually it's just now starting to get out of its rut. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:59 PM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 >> > >> > >> >> > >
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