<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by sherlock21b:
One thing I thought I should mention about the story of the airline employee. People should be advised that publishing anything in a newsgroup and attaching their names to it means that said quote is up for grabs. It doesn't matter if you don't want to talk about it further, what you've already said or the fact that you said anything can be used by any publication and every court in the U.S. will uphold their right to do that, provided they don't libel you in the process.
We are all posting in a public forum, after all. I don't know all the facts about what happened to the airline employee, so I'm theorizing here: while it may have been socially irresponsible on the part of the reporter, merely quoting the employee's name and the fact that she posts on this list doesn't constitute improper reporting.[/B]</font>
Thanks for your insights sherlock21b.
If I recall, this particular airline employee never signed her real name to her posts (like most of us). However, I believe her full name was written in the article in question. Someone else (perhaps an FTer) must have divulged her name.