On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:27:03 -0800 (PST), Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net wrote:
Giano was not a party to the email, did not have the consent of the sender of the email to publish it, and did not respect the privacy of the sender.
He sent the email to expose misconduct on the part of the sender. That makes those points moot, as well as obviously being the reason arbcom is coming down on him so hard for posting it. Nobody *likes* having their or their friends' misconduct exposed.
The word "expose" is telling here. Had he wished to provide evidence or assist the investigation, then this could have been done without publication. Giano gave every impression of wanting to cause maximum damage. Giano has, since then, done nothing to correct that impression.
We are not supposed to reach for the tar and feathers here.
Guy (JzG)