tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32582789.post8731813603078303055..comments2023-10-20T05:12:43.292-04:00Comments on Blue Bexley: Fun with LTE'sbonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08241279987882052237noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32582789.post-44620489561791104982008-08-17T10:05:00.000-04:002008-08-17T10:05:00.000-04:00I was being sincere, BTW.I was being sincere, BTW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32582789.post-89593122935289929412008-08-12T15:07:00.000-04:002008-08-12T15:07:00.000-04:00the information isn't "private" once it hits the I...the information isn't "private" once it hits the Internets. mistakes get made (as they do with newspapers or anything else in life). still, transparency is good whether or not you want to know who is funding your congressman or not or whether you want to know more about a heckler at a presidential event. <BR/><BR/>misusing information is another thing, and i don't advocate it. the only thing publishing such information does is hold the individual person accountable. if the argument is going to be you can't publish anything lest a mistake be made, then i'd say blogging is in big trouble. <BR/><BR/>one should, however, be way more careful than i was in posting such information. that much is clear.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00202547718022775227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32582789.post-26381171574166630282008-08-12T14:52:00.000-04:002008-08-12T14:52:00.000-04:00Thanks for the background info...Thanks for the background info...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32582789.post-84215786103093170282008-08-12T09:38:00.000-04:002008-08-12T09:38:00.000-04:00PO, I'm not going to jump to the conclusion that y...PO, I'm not going to jump to the conclusion that you were being sarcastic, but I'm not assuming you were sincere, either. For Rodger's benefit, I'll give a little background... PO is fairly adamant that there is too much information about individuals which is available to the public, but in his opinion is not the business of the general public to know. Furthermore, just because the information is available for those who know how to look, he doesn't believe that bloggers should be posting the results of such searches. Recently, he reiterated his position in response to an incident where a couple of blogs posted the phone number of a heckler at an Obama rally in Berea (although it turned out that the heckler's number was unlisted and the number the bloggers put up belonged to another guy with the same name). Coincidentally, one of the bloggers who posted that phone number shares a name with the first commenter above.<BR/><BR/>Because of this, it is possible that the comment was directed at the first commenter, who listed an address, and not at me.<BR/><BR/>Before shifting gears I should note that the Adventure Dr. address (and phone#) is the first thing that comes up when you Google "Gary Koch" "Dublin, OH", so it's actually difficult to find out even the most undeniably public pieces of information about the man without stumbling across that address.<BR/><BR/>But assuming that PO was actually calling me out for publishing donation records, I'd have to question where the line gets drawn. Most people who argue against campaign finance regulation argue that the right way to handle the situation is with 0% regulation and 100% transparency. Knowing who is funding a candidate is absolutely crucial to a properly functioning democracy, and it is absolutely my business to know who is funding my Congressmaan's campaign.<BR/><BR/>But if anyone actually cares, my views are in between Eric's and PO's. As far as I'm concerned, information that is available to salesmen or the media should be available to all. And I think that it is probably a good idea for people to be aware of what information is available about them to anyone who knows where to look. I've published voter registration info, addresses, and pictures of houses on Blue Bexley to support points I was trying to make. I don't publish personal info for the sake of publishing personal info, and I wouldn't go as far as Eric and Tim have decided to go this election season, but I'd understand if some do not see the same distinction I do.bonobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241279987882052237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32582789.post-65205884907498125562008-08-12T09:01:00.000-04:002008-08-12T09:01:00.000-04:00It is all public information. I can look this info...It is all public information. I can look this information up as well. This is not the old Soviet Union. This the United States. The information that is posted is avalable On the Ohio Secretary of State wed sight and voter registration information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32582789.post-40178579039504147972008-08-12T01:05:00.000-04:002008-08-12T01:05:00.000-04:00Thanks for being classy BB and not post personal a...Thanks for being classy BB and not post personal and private info on your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32582789.post-48741022103152571352008-08-11T20:13:00.000-04:002008-08-11T20:13:00.000-04:00records show they both live at 5381 Adventure Dr i...records show they both live at 5381 Adventure Dr in Dublin so you probably have their marital relations nailed.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00202547718022775227noreply@blogger.com