On Jun 6, 2008, at 6:26 PM, Will Evans wrote:
Why would any one of us have to bow out to discuss this. It's
ludicrous.
Last I checked - even with the current administration - most of the
bill of
rights is still in tact. Or am I naive?
I'm thinking the latter.
Andrei is correct. This is a "plausible deniability" issue.
If the community wants a forum where this stuff can be discussed, then
it just needs a walled area, where those who are at risk can easily
avoid the conversations.
This is neither a freedom of speech or a bill of rights issue. This is
a will-I-be-hauled-into-deposition-and-deposed-on-emails-in-my-
inbasket question.
As an expert witness, I've prepared court documents where emails were
the apparent "smoking gun". Just being on the distribution list can
deliver a world of grief and suffering to folks, even if they try to
claim they never read or saw the message.
This is not a high-and-righteous issue. It's a protect-your-fellow-
colleagues issue.
Jared
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