mailing list being published, and yet she does the exact same thing all the time. If publishing email is bad, then don't do it, ever. If you're going to do it to others, then STFU when someone does it to you. As far as proof, um, Greg Laden's stalking of Abbie Smith, his emails to her employer to get her in trouble/fired, and the fact that when he threatened to beat Justin's ass, the only public comments of "that's not kosher" were: Brayton, explaining why he was booted. Hallquist, in a comment on a facebook thread. No one else said shit, and Zvan even DEFENDED laden over it. But given your FTB fan status, I expect you to dismiss all of this, it's inconvenient to your narrative of FTB as perfect moral examples. The content of those private conversations does not change their privacy value, they should remain private. Have you ever had a bad day and said some shit about some people? I don't know you, but if you are human I feel pretty safe making the assumption that you have! Did you want that information to be shared around? Almost certainly not. it's not always ok to have private conversations, for example, if you are conspiring to commit a crime. this is not quite that extreme, but it is approaching that; conspiring to defame and/or get someone fired may not be a felony, but it is pretty bad and can warrant a lawsuit. "They said shit they were