On Dec 10, 2007 9:45 PM, James Farrar <james.farrar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/12/2007, Matthew Brown <morven(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
In this case, Durova claimed that she had
support but nobody came forward to state that they supported her
decision.
This is true, and probably the biggest reason why the discussion has
continued for so long.
I think this is true too; it is easy to come to the
impression that
Durova is shouldering more blame than is her fair share, partly because she
is in many respects a good person, and on the whole people do not want to
pound her into the ground. The alternative, however, is that others are
deliberately refusing to come forward and support her, which is also
unsettling. At this point, I doubt it makes a difference anymore; it does
seem that everyone involved in this sorry situation has taken a hit to their
personal reputations in some way.
Perhaps one additional lesson might be added, too - harassment and
cyberstalking are real and it is probably time that we as a community look
at ways to provide some form of structured support and assistance in
reporting this behaviour internallly and to appropriate authorities.
Risker
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