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by Garminski on Thu Apr 07, 2005 at 01:36:32 PM PDT

Of course not EVERYTHING must be done for the public good. Only a complete fool would think or argue that. My point was that often you hear the "it's for the public/community/etc good" as an excuse to do something. Censorship in general is bad, after all whose "rules" are you going to follow? However, with that said some responsiblity must then fall to the person or organization that is going to publish information to evaluate that information. Doing (publishing) something because you can but the result is that it puts people at risk would not seem to make much sense. As other posters have pointed out very well however, there is a good reason to publish this information to prevent others from making the same mistakes. I did not understand the specifics of what was being published and thought that more information was given then apparently is. I stand corrected (and better informed).

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by Mason on Thu Apr 07, 2005 at 07:37:14 PM PDT

I know you've kind of seen the light on this.... but to add:  People are already at risk.  If I can evaluate a published report, I can actually judge the risk level and take action (or not) as warranted.

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