David -
Please don't toss napalm on the fire.
Thanks.
-george
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 5:04 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 24 July 2010 00:57, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 23 July 2010 13:53, Daniel R. Tobias
<dan(a)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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