Sunday, April 29, 2007

Disturbing

Since I was away last weekend I did not get back to Massachusetts until after midnight so I was unable to make a blog entry. I will make two postings this week to substitute for that.
After reading the suggested articles for this week, the Nirenberg files website controversy has me very confused and disturbed. I discussed this case with a friend of mine who is a practicing lawyer. She told me that the legal aspect of what they are doing on the website is considered legal. I agree, but I feel that the site should be forced to be shut down much like the YouTube website postings. The site is making the names of doctors who perform abortions public and also publishing their home address names and numbers for which they live and practice. This is a form of harassment and despite my personal feelings on the abortion issue, no one should have to be displayed like this across the world for performing a job with which they get paid for. Would people who are tree lovers and feel that trees are depleting faster than they are being replenished make a list of all the carpenters who work to make a living, post their names on a website and try to perform horrible acts of violence on them? I think not. They are just trying to make a living just like everyone else.
Yes there is a certain human element connected to this case but if the saying goes "it's just business" then why not let is be.

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