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derby378

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72. One Quaker to another - are you a proud voter?
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:50 AM
Dec 2012

What if someone decides to make your voting record available for everyone to see in the morning news?

Being on DU, you and I may not know each other that much, but we both have a fairly good idea about the general tone of each other's political views based on our previous contributions to this site. That, however, was our choice.

And this remains a privacy issue at its very core. Violating someone's privacy and attempting to paint a scarlet letter on their house merely for exercising their Constitutional rights sounds, at the very least, odd.

you know who else liked "lists?" datasuspect Dec 2012 #1
First response goes all Godwin RomneyLies Dec 2012 #2
tell me it isn't true. datasuspect Dec 2012 #4
What does that have to do with godwinning? Tien1985 Dec 2012 #12
you realize that it isn't an actual law datasuspect Dec 2012 #21
Uh huh Tien1985 Dec 2012 #28
"Hitler doesn't belong in this conversation, and bringing into it doesn't advance either side's datasuspect Dec 2012 #33
I hope your name ends up on a publicly published gun owner's list RomneyLies Dec 2012 #69
you failed to answer the series of questions datasuspect Dec 2012 #83
The US Eugenics Records Office also liked lists loyalsister Dec 2012 #42
There's nothing wrong with organizing information... Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #87
I am of german decent. That was not nice. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #5
it's not about nice datasuspect Dec 2012 #6
Half of my family that was over there at that time was Nazis. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #9
characterize or describe any actual damage. datasuspect Dec 2012 #10
We are losing people due to that stunt by that paper. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #41
Godwinned on the very first reply. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #18
i can publish the ideas in coloring book format (.pdf) datasuspect Dec 2012 #23
A singularly appropriate format for "ideas" of that sort. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #30
bless your heart datasuspect Dec 2012 #34
Same to you! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #35
You are conveniently ignoring the fact billh58 Dec 2012 #48
Also, telephone companies and Guinness World Records. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #56
the NRA does - they have quite an expansive "enemies" list... villager Dec 2012 #77
Klimt! JVS Dec 2012 #81
Owning guns has consequences RomneyLies Dec 2012 #3
Do you have an idea on how to fix the damage that has been done by that paper? Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #7
Yes. Let gun owners dispose of them, and newspaper run free full page announcement of people Hoyt Dec 2012 #14
You think a bunch of ticked off gun owners will do that? Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #25
No, but the ones left will be the bigoted right wingers. Hoyt Dec 2012 #32
See, now there you go with a generalization that cannot on its BEST DAY happen statistically... cherokeeprogressive Dec 2012 #71
What, you guys aren't as law-abiding/moral/responsible as you claim? Hoyt Dec 2012 #74
They did a PUBLIC SERVICE RomneyLies Dec 2012 #53
What a load of self-righteous bullcrap slackmaster Dec 2012 #88
They certainly are not helping. Which makes me wonder about their stated intentions. bluerum Dec 2012 #8
That is why we must put our minds together. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #13
silly. registered weapons should not be open to public scrutiny and won't be. spanone Dec 2012 #11
The cat is out of the bag. The precedent has been set. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #16
Public opinion Tien1985 Dec 2012 #17
+1 Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #20
Jesus, only if you let them nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #15
That's just it. They want us to go to sleep on this. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #19
Go give some money to the Brady Campaign nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #24
Not just that will help. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #31
Have you fed your congress critter? nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #36
They watch the polls to see how they can keep their job. To know what they should back.. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #46
And it is time we play the same game nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #47
You must hate Harry Reid! Crackinrocket Dec 2012 #57
He is not my senator nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #61
You're such a principled individual. Bravo! Crackinrocket Dec 2012 #65
And another billh58 Dec 2012 #85
Yup, but also arming, no pun nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #99
Oh, the brady "we don't push for gun bans" campaign... beevul Dec 2012 #98
The names of the local high school graduates are also published in the papers. Squinch Dec 2012 #22
Gun owners are trying to have it both ways nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #26
There is a belief in gun culture that you are safer if no one knows you have it. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #27
Why are you safer if no one knows? I thought the point was for people to know you are armed. Squinch Dec 2012 #38
No, the point is for no one to know. Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #62
It's a secret desire of gun onwers RomneyLies Dec 2012 #70
People who want guns for protection defacto7 Dec 2012 #79
Yes, their names. But not their HOME ADDRESSES. slackmaster Dec 2012 #89
The phone book publishes home addresses. A host of public sources publish home Squinch Dec 2012 #92
My home address doesn't appear in the San Diego phone book, and if I gave you my real name... slackmaster Dec 2012 #93
I thought, by definition, "law abiding citizens" don't break the law? jmg257 Dec 2012 #29
Their not, right now. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #37
There are likely a couple 100 million unregistered guns out there right now. jmg257 Dec 2012 #40
Lady Freedom Returns what proposed "gun-control" solution do you support? nt jody Dec 2012 #39
Mine is a mix of many. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #43
Thanks. Problems and possibly solutions are different for cities with the highest jody Dec 2012 #45
Record gun and ammo sales right now. L0oniX Dec 2012 #44
LOL Robb Dec 2012 #49
If a person is a "proud gun owner" quaker bill Dec 2012 #50
They are afraid of the government, not criminals davidn3600 Dec 2012 #55
But apparently the government already knows quaker bill Dec 2012 #67
One Quaker to another - are you a proud voter? derby378 Dec 2012 #72
One Quaker to another, that would be a yes. quaker bill Dec 2012 #82
I would counter, that just because it CAN be published doesn't mean it SHOULD derby378 Dec 2012 #86
...Carry thy gun as long as thou can'st.... quaker bill Dec 2012 #97
I wouldn't care if my name was listed for having guns Kaleva Dec 2012 #51
oh for pete's sake.... mike_c Dec 2012 #52
Exactly its happened in several other counties north of Rockland.... Historic NY Dec 2012 #59
I checked a couple gun forums sarisataka Dec 2012 #54
Some mind some don't Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #75
Don't publish *public records*? NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #58
So you don't mind the publisher, editor, and several reporters getting doxed, either? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #76
Not if they're all public records NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #80
Thanks for the reply. And the consistency. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #95
Sometimes public records are too easy to access slackmaster Dec 2012 #91
They were wrong, but they're not representative of us all timesamillion Dec 2012 #60
dont do it cant do it wont matter cant do it no specific definition of assault weapons nope cant do Warren DeMontague Dec 2012 #63
Oh bullshit. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #64
lol ........no it hasn't uponit7771 Dec 2012 #66
Makes good sense to publish the names of gun owners. Let's neighbors know who has one, who doesn't. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #68
The burglars and home invaders of America lend their moral support derby378 Dec 2012 #73
Huh? The NRA has hacked your DU account??? madinmaryland Dec 2012 #78
Publishing names is just a petulant and vindictive act Union Scribe Dec 2012 #84
What's really messed up is New York's laws that allow the newspaper to access that information... slackmaster Dec 2012 #90
I would love to know what they were looking to accomplish by publishing the names crazyjoe Dec 2012 #94
It's not hard to figure out. They're trying to sell more newspapers by ginning up controversy. slackmaster Dec 2012 #96
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