I'll stop pouring gas on this after this post, but to reiterate a few things:
>Name and call sign is not personal information, it is a matter of public record < It's the principle involved, not the happenstance that Don simply printed something about this person that's a matter of public record. The problem is posting personal information about another lister _without his or her explicit consent_ regardless of where that information was obtained. If that's ok sometimes and not others, where do you draw the line and when? Who draws it? Should be easy to see that this can get ugly fast - That's why violating privacy in this manner on a public forum is (or should be) a no-no as a matter of principle. The fact that this has to be explained is something I find a bit worrying. >It does not take much research in the archives to see that a lot of anonymous posts are trolls, which is why it grinds on so many.< I see no evidence here that the original poster is a troll. This would have to be demonstrated first before I would support censuring him as such. Instead, he merely wasn't posting his name probably for his own reasons. If he were otherwise engaging in troll-like behavior that would have been another matter, but I see no evidence of that so far. It's certainly not grounds for violating his personal privacy. >He should not have to defend himself. < The way I see it, no one should be above the rules. You break em, you get popped on the wrist, end of story. I see no reason for anyone to get special treatment. But that's just the way I see it, how I was raised, etc. YMMV. Ok, I'm done. 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/k2-pll-and-ref-osc-issues-n0xdb-tp4919117p4921629.html Sent from the [K2] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
