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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

It is widely considered bad form to post the name & address (and phone number and other contact/private info) of people who are not actually directly associated with a very good reason to do so.

The perp’s name is widely known now.
His father, having nothing to do with the attack, should not be subject to harassment by people who will call/email/mail/visit him based on an enraged whim.

The info is out there, very easy to find, if someone wants it. Let’s not make it trival, provided to the general rabble on a silver platter.

FWIW: I had a comparable post pulled once. In an argument over privacy, my verbal opponent pulled the “why be secret if you have nothing to hide”; I responded by posting his real name, address, phone, map, car type, vehicle history, etc. ... and when he was outraged and my post was pulled, I pointed at it as a prime example of the flaw in the “do you have something to hide?” rhetoric.

Upshot: the perp’s father is not the perp. Leave him alone, and that starts with not publishing his private info.


226 posted on 12/10/2007 11:57:56 AM PST by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: ctdonath2
Upshot: the perp’s father is not the perp. Leave him alone,

The perp lives at home, so his address is the same as the father's. I gave the address so people could search for info on the perp, not the father.

Furthermore, while the home address of the perp is all over the internet, the phone number is not. And I didn't attempt to find that. And every doctor I ever knew does not have his home phone # published, so he's likely safe from calls from any Freepers.

245 posted on 12/10/2007 12:03:48 PM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
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To: ctdonath2

A big ol BUMP to your post #226. Spot on.


267 posted on 12/10/2007 12:16:38 PM PST by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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