I have strong feelings about a person's right to privacy and I do think that Tom overstepped his bounds here. In my mind, not having permission to reveal another person's personal information is the same thing as being forbidden to do so. One may argue the semantics of the words in question, but I really don't see a difference.
One should ALWAYS get permission to post another's personal information. Regardless of anything else, I consider that to just be good manners and respectful. But that's just my old fashioned way of seeing things. Finally, we don't know what Don actually said, but we do know, according to Tom, that permission was not granted to spread the information around. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Keith Whaley > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > The man didn't give you permission to disseminate the information .... > > however good and kind your motives, you went against his wishes. > > If I may interject... > I didn't read that Don said, "Please don't pass this on." > If had said that, then I agree with you. Sort of. > As it is, I suspect he merely told Tom in a private conversation or > email, without restrictions of any sort... > In which case that's an entirely different situation. > > keith whaley > > > He's got > > a right to privacy, and you just blew that all away. Shame on you.
