Tony, You are so out of line.
No, as a private citizen who chooses to exercise his right of self-expression on a matter of public interest, Frank is not obligated to bare his personal, private information in order to gain passage to some right to express his opinion. His right to express his opinion and speak his mind on any matter that pops into his head is protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, and the last I checked the Constitution did not appoint you gatekeeper to check the credentials of who can express their opinions or whose opinions matter. Kimm On 2/15/08 12:16 AM, "Anthony West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So Frank, the public critic of a private real-estate development, is > publicly secret about himself. The rest of the world is obliged to > expose its inner workings to Frank on demand, but Frank owes nothing to > the rest of us in return. We can't even know where he lives! Yet he > claims the authority to order other people how to spend their money, > because he is their secret neighbor, and he knows better than they do > what they should do with their own property. > > Frank, what is your address, what is your phone number and what is your > economic interest in this discussion? > > -- Tony West > > >>> >> What do you do for a living, by the way, Frank? Where do you live, >>> >> and how do you afford to live there? Can you please tell the >>> >> neighborhood exactly who you are? You are a frequent angry critic of >>> >> how your neighbors manage their properties and their public spaces; >>> >> yet we know strangely little about you. What's the scoop? How much do >>> >> you pay to your landlord for the environment you think this proposed >>> >> hotel would disrupt? If information about the hotel is rightfully >>> >> public, isn't information about you rightfully public as well? Tell >>> >> us who you are and where you are. >> > >> > No, the two don't follow. There is nothing even roughly equivalent. My >> > personal information is rightly private. Information regarding an >> > application for a zoning variance is just as rightly public. I really >> > have no secrets but I don't respond to bullying. Sorry. Besides, the >> > size and source of my income has no bearing on my value as a member of >> > this neighborhood. >> > >> > Frank > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
