<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Goldlust:
- Where is the ethics in publishing references to a private email message without the author's consent?
- Where is the ethics in joining a group, taking advantage of what the group's offers and thus being trusted by a number of people, and then publishing statements criticizing the very group one is a member of?
- Where is the ethics in criticizing a group openly and then trying hard to join it in disguise?
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So, by your logic joining a group means never making any critical comments of the group or be labled an untethical and hypocritical narcicist?
I don't for one second buy your position which justifies being witness to all sorts of unethical (or even illegal) behavior and doing nothing for the "sake of the group." (What is this, the freemasons or the Skulls?!? It's an email list!)
There is, in any case, a difference between criticizing "the group" and the behavior of a few members of that group.
Your "for or against the group" position is a simplistic one that gives itself the illusion of a high ethical stance in exchange for tolerating all abuses committed by some in your "precious" group.
We all belong to all sorts of groups, in our personal and private lives -- the idea that my membership precludes me from criticizing the behavior of some of its members is ludicrous. Time to get off the high horse you're on...
[Edited for clarification.]
[This message has been edited by SMessier (edited 09-06-2001).]