RE: [projectvrm] Virgin Trains and, um, intentcasting

["Crosbie Fitch" < >]

As an aside...

 

One can observe discretion at work here, and that people are at liberty to disclose things about someone that that someone may not tend to disclose themselves.

 

On the one hand we have someone posting using the name L.Wolberg - and ending their posts with "- L".

 

And on the other we have two respondents referring to the poster with the name "Lionel".

 

Are they disclosing a confidence? With or without authorisation?

 

Are they making a statement? That the 'L' of L.Wolberg stands for 'Lionel'?

 

Are they compromising the pseudonymity of 'L.Wolberg'?

 

I see nothing wrong here. It is up to L.Wolberg to decide if Doc or Iain have been indiscreet (which they are at liberty to be).

 

However, there are some who might think this disclosure could warrant prosecution for a 'privacy' violation or fines as stipulated in a (consequently invalid) non-disclosure contract.

 

Be careful what you wish for.