"Results of Prop 8" - Response to thread in the LDS forum

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Originally Posted by Mestemia

Nope.

Why "nope"? I think the argument for secrecy in small donations is pretty much the same as the one for secrecy in voting. Do you see things differently?

[Mr Spinkles]

Originally Posted by Mestemia

In my opinion, yes it is.

Mestemia I disagree. Creating a master list of personal names and addresses of people who supported this issue, and making it freely available to anyone on the internet, is an invitation to a lot of angry people to "take things into their own hands". Given the nature of the issue, we know there are a lot of angry people out there. Even worse, there is no disclaimer about what ought to be done / not done with this information. Now there may be cases where individuals use the info in legitimate ways...e.g. I find a close friend on the list, and I talk to him about it, or I see a local business owner and choose not to shop at his store....but there will inevitably be many cases where individuals--mere children, for all we know--use the information in ways completely outside the bounds of legitimate, nonviolent protest, e.g. vandalism. So i.m.o. it's wrong in principle, and also self-defeating since these incidents will damage the image of the movement.

[Mestemia]

Originally Posted by 9-10ths_Penguin

Why "nope"? I think the argument for secrecy in small donations is pretty much the same as the one for secrecy in voting. Do you see things differently?

Apparently I do.

Originally Posted by Mr Spinkles

Mestemia I disagree. Creating a master list of personal names and addresses of people who supported this issue, and making it freely available to anyone on the internet, is an invitation to a lot of angry people to "take things into their own hands". Given the nature of the issue, we know there are a lot of angry people out there. Even worse, there is no disclaimer about what ought to be done / not done with this information. Now there may be cases where individuals use the info in legitimate ways...e.g. I find a close friend on the list, and I talk to him about it, or I see a local business owner and choose not to shop at his store....but there will inevitably be many cases where individuals--mere children, for all we know--use the information in ways completely outside the bounds of legitimate, nonviolent protest, e.g. vandalism. So i.m.o. it's wrong in principle, and also self-defeating since these incidents will damage the image of the movement.

Please see post #208

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Originally Posted by Mestemia

Apparently I do.

Care to expand?

[BalanceFx]

Originally Posted by Mestemia

There are many who oppose Prop 8 who have done all the above to show their outrage for prop 8.

That makes more sense. I thought he was saying my response was illegal somehow.

Originally Posted by Mestemia

How in the world did you get the impression I was for Prop 8?

Sorry I was in a rush. The rest of my post was directed at Apex. I should have made that more clear.