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From: "Ralph Taylor" <>
Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] FREEPAGES-HELP -- Publishing info on living persons
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:48:39 -0600
References: <mailman.16065.1176213418.3852.freepages-help@rootsweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <mailman.16065.1176213418.3852.freepages-help@rootsweb.com>


Re: "Only if that's what the web site owner wants. I publish information on
living people as there is no such thing as an inherent right to privacy."

1st reaction: Oh, no! The barbarians are no longer at the gates; they're
inside, raping and pillaging. Ethics and decency -- right & wrong -- have
been replaced by "what the web site owner wants" and "no .. inherent right
to privacy".

Thomas More: "And, having struck down all the laws, what will you do when
the Devil comes for you?" If history has any lesson it's that with power
comes responsibility to use it wisely.

2nd reaction: Maybe we State-siders should forgive our friend; perhaps,
we're too sensitive about defending our Bill of Rights (in which our Supreme
Court has found privacy rights).

3rd reaction: Fortunately, disregard for privacy rights (inherent or
implicit) is decidedly a minority view.

-rt_/)


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