[Boston-editorial] feature on Gentrification in JP

[Sofia JarrinT]

hi,
I still don't feel comfortable us having this guy's
phone number there.  If someone calls him to threaten
him (which is super unlikely, of course, but what if)
and the that someone says he/she got the phone number
from our site, it would make us look terrible.

Is there any way we could pull off his phone number
but keep the rest of the info up?

cheers,
sofia

--- Pete Stidman <pstidman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Whoa- hold on there Matt.  Thanks for not taking
> this down.  
>  
> If you notice in the comments there is someone who
> explains the context that was originally left out. 
> I think maybe because you are not living in JP you
> do not know how HUGE this thing is for people there.
>  (for emphasis)  It's really huge.  really really. 
> biggest thing pulling groups together in that area
> right now.  5 comments in one hour should tell you
> something.  and the date is urgent.  this maybe last
> chance saloon for it.  If you took it down or if we
> took it down, it would really ruin us in alot of
> peoples eyes.  if we didn't put it up same thing.  
>  
> Second- The guy in question is a public figure.  He
> is bidding on a public project.  He is fair game for
> this sort of thing.  If you are bidding on public
> property people get to know who you are and they get
> a way to contact you.  
>  
> Were not talking about some dope grinding away on a
> PC in a closet.  Were talking about a
> multi-millionaire developer who affects the lives of
> tens of thousands of people everytime he moves.  
>  
> Please don't touch this thing.  
>  
> and please, relax a little.  These are our friends.
>  
> -pete
>  
>  
> 
> 
> Matthew Williams <mw21 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Hello all --
> 
> I'm writing because I'm concerned about the most
> recent posting Pete 
> centered:
>
http://boston.indymedia.org/feature/display/34778/index.php
> 
> 
> One concern is that it's just an announcement--as
> one reader complains, 
> there's not really a lot of context. If it were an
> announcement with 
> more information, I would be cool with centering it,
> but as it is now, 
> it's not a news article and it's not commentary. I
> think we've agreed 
> in the past we don't want to center announcements
> because that involves 
> picking and choosing which campaigns to support.
> 
> If that was the only issue, I probably wouldn't be
> posting this though.
> 
> My bigger issue is that we've centered something
> that includes 
> someone's home phone number and urges people to call
> him. Yes, it urges 
> people to be cordial, but we know perfectly well
> plenty of people won't 
> be cordial. It's one thing if this sort of
> announcement is in the 
> newswire--it's another if it's in the features
> column, which at least 
> implies we support such actions. I have no interest
> in getting into a 
> debate if such actions are appropriate, but I'm
> concerned about what 
> the possible consequences are if it seems like we're
> endorsing a call 
> to action which might result in someone being
> verbally harassed. Is 
> that really a position we want to put ourselves in?
> 
> I'd also point out that when people have posted
> Flipside's personal 
> information in the past, we've hidden it. The
> situation is somewhat 
> dangerous, since the developer represents a threat
> to the community and 
> Flipside is a relatively harmless (if annoying)
> crank, but still I 
> would think that indicates we agree that we're not
> eager to publish 
> people's personal information without their
> permission, regardless of 
> what we think of them.
> 
> -- Matt
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Boston-editorial mailing list
> Boston-editorial at lists.indymedia.org
>
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-editorial
> 
> 		
> ---------------------------------
> Do you Yahoo!?
>  Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile
phone.>
_______________________________________________
> Boston-editorial mailing list
> Boston-editorial at lists.indymedia.org
>
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-editorial
> 

"Truly, there is no future without forgiveness." Desmond Tutu

"Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak...Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win." Cesar Chavez


		
__________________________________ 
Yahoo! Messenger 
Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. 
http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest