At 05:16 PM 2/27/2006, Butch Black wrote:
On 2/26/06 6:25 PM, "Glen", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Do you people think I'm over-reacting?
No.
But as I thought about it longer if the list was seeking to connect
photographers with models it might not be such a ridiculous idea. If for
no other reason then a liability issue to the list owners/moderators
should something happen to a model (or photographer) who connected via the
list. It might also be a reassurance to newer models seeking to join the group.
As far as liability is concerned, I think it actually opens the door for
greater liability. If a person wanted to harm someone on that list, they
could just look up their schedule and then show up at that time, place, and
date to do their criminal deed. If a model or photographer went missing
because of this, the police would first blame the other person scheduled to
be at that meeting, and not the real criminal. They might never even look
for another suspect. This policy makes stalking and other criminal acts
easier to commit, and it provides for a built-in scapegoat, that the real
criminal can frame for committing the crime.
Besides committing crimes at the location of the scheduled meeting, some
potential criminals might take that opportunity to instead break into one
of these person's homes, feeling fairly confident that the owner will be
preoccupied for so many hours at the photo shoot.
It just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. It's also an invasion of
privacy, in my opinion, to encourage people to post all their private photo
appointments to that list. The recommendation should have been to tell a
friend or family member where you are going, and to have them check on you,
to make sure your trip went well. This information should not be posted to
the internet for a group of strangers.
The fact that my post of disagreement with this policy was censored and
blocked from the list was troubling to me. That fact that the primary
moderator also went so far as to kick and ban me from the list, was even
more troubling. There is a second moderator of this list, and I had her
verify that I was indeed kicked off. She said that not only did he kick me
off, but he banned me twice! What's that about? Was he that upset that
someone dared suggest his idea wasn't a good one?
Anyway, like Bob Shell said, it's just a Yahoo group. (Bob's always right,
it seems.) I'm really not getting too emotionally hurt by this, but I do
think this fellow is being rude, abusive, and very ineffective in his
intended goal to protect the people on his list.
take care,
Glen
