With the recent publication via a blogger of e-mails that can be easily misinterpretted, I wonder about the ethical nature of publishing them without permission. I guess I assume they are published with permission.
I would like to think if I e-mail something to someone it is akin to mailing a letter. The letter would by default remain private unless or until permission is given to publish. In light of that, I wonder about the recent cut and pasting of several apparently private e-mails on a certain blog.
Personally before I would publish them, I would seek permission to do so. It would be better to err on the compassionate side of to publish or not, than to just do it anyway because you can. I realize some e-mails are “blanket” mailed to a number of people at the same time. Again, I would prefer to err on the side of caution on that matter.
Another thing about e-mails or letters for that matter. They don’t convey emotions and facial expressions. Even here on blogs, we say something tongue in cheek and yet it can easily be misunderstood and blown out of proportion. The same can happen when we publish an e-mail without permission, it may have a different meaning to other readers than it’s intended readers.
I just think in the arena of being civil, we ought to check with the e-mail sender before we publish. It is the ethical, moral and Christian thing to do.
September 25, 2009 at 1:52 am |
Don’t you find it interesting that Montoya will go on Baptist Life and try to act contrite about his acid tongue and then you read his blog and read nothing but his forked tongued lies and inuendos. What a pathetic excuse for someone who thinks he is someone.
(I did like it when he said that Rick Davis leads us from cyberspace. Last time I checked, Rick is leading noone anywhere.)
Hopefully Montoya will seek professional help before his anger and bitterness consumes him completely.