Mark Foley is a Florida congressman who wrote some sexually explicit emails and instant messages from his personal account and lost his job for it after some blogger published some of it and then ABC News "obtained" more of his correspondence.
I think that blogger and ABC News shouldn't have a right to publish what was meant to be private ... isn't there some kind of right to privacy? Now the "story" is all over the place, and a man's life is ruined ... not that I'm saying the Foley was right in saying what he said, but I do think he has a right to privacy.
2006-09-30 13:04:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I'm not some Foley "supporter," as my nickname says, I live out west while Foley's from Florida. But the thing is Foley didn't "post" this stuff on the internet or just send it blindly into cyberspace, these were personal correspondences that had intended recipients and were meant for them only. It's no different than if someone published your private letters for all the world to read.
2006-09-30 13:49:02 · update #1
I'm with you and as well as you I don't think that he did the right thing, also I'm no one to judge the guy or situation. Now I do think that Mr. Foley; was a real fool to do such thing, every body knows how dirty politics are and that anything absolutely anything whether it be true of false it is used in favor or against a politician or any person under the public eye. Also he made his decisions about his life and now he just have to live with it consequences...
2006-09-30 13:52:25 · answer #1 · answered by wanna_help_u 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And what about all the pedophiles NBC puts on TV, when they show up at a house where a camera crew is waiting? What about Bill Clinton's affairs? ABC News reported on the first blogger, and other pages who felt harassed forwarded more e-mails. Do the recipients of e-mail have a right to forward it? I think the press has to get it's facts right, but doesn't have to defend privacy by covering up things that come to it's attention.
2006-09-30 14:03:43 · answer #2 · answered by Eric 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Public officials - particularly ELECTED public officials - take it as a matter of fact that they waive a huge amount of their privacy when they throw their hat into the ring. That's just the way it is in this country, so no whining.
I have no quarrel with Foley's sexual choices, but I do think that for him to have made the overtures he allegedly made - and with so little discretion - signals a whopping lapse in judgement for someone elected to be a leader.
2006-09-30 13:19:26 · answer #3 · answered by Heckel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what to think. I don't have enough facts to make an intelligent judgment. It seems sad and unfortunate that he resigned so suddenly. Hopefully this story will fade away fast, and attention can be focused on the real issues that need addressing.
2006-09-30 13:39:54 · answer #4 · answered by JeffG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well every one know how careful you have to be when using the web. it happen all the time so why are you so concerned about this maybe you are a supporter of his.don't post something on the web that you wouldn't want any one to see that why it is call the world wide web. i have no problem with it but that just my opinion
2006-09-30 13:30:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True..but the sad thing is once its sent.....it's just who ever grabs it...Anytime more than 1 person knows something...it's not a secret. The argument will be his expectation of privacy. The word we live in......
2006-09-30 13:18:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People have been told a bazillion times.....if you don't want the world to know your business do not put it on the Internet.
Maybe now they'll listen.
I have no sympathy for him whatsoever.
2006-09-30 13:26:41 · answer #7 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not at all, if we give up our right to privasy, so will they
2006-09-30 21:24:18 · answer #8 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋