David -
Please don't toss napalm on the fire.
Thanks.
-george
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 5:04 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 24 July 2010 00:57, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 23 July 2010 13:53, Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
rightly ridiculed by critics such as the WR crowd.
See, that's a sentence fragment that is intrinsically flawed. The WR crowd in question was not "critics", the correct term is "stalkers and trolls," several of whom are the actual people the foundation was concerned about showing up there. You get no points for clear thinking on this topic.
The Foundation, like any other employer, has a duty (both legal and moral) to protect its staff. The nature of the Foundation's work means there is a significant risk of it coming under various forms of attack, including people turning up at the office and behaving in a threatening manner. Keeping the location of the office quiet was the best way the Foundation had to mitigate that risk. The new office comes with security, so the risk is significantly reduced, hence the address being published.
- d.
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