From: Grant Sparks (grant@sparks.to)
Date: Mon Aug 17 1998 - 21:22:04 MDT
From: Damien Broderick <damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
>Unless Erik asked for his messages to be deleted, I'm appalled by this
>news. (On the other hand, I admit to a double standard here. I would be
>quite pleased to learn that certain racist posts had been expunged.)
I'd like to add my disappointment to Damien's but without any reservation at
all.
I can't seem to find the post to which he reffered so perhaps Damien's
comments about selective deletion were in a proper context, but I'd have
deep reservations about even that.
I thought we had this all out on 'The Well' years ago ? As I recall, it was
established that the proper ethics in these situations are that "You own
your own words".
Certainly a person has the right to delete all of their own contributions
(if that is an available option) but for someone else to do it is simply
vandalism.
Grant Sparks
grant@sparks.to
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