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Newspaper Letter
Mr. Chris Andrews
Lansing State Journal
120 E. Lenawee St.
Lansing, MI 48919
Dear Mr. Andrews:
As a state employee, I have to put up with a number of risks. For one thing, there are a large number of ignorant rednecks who want me dead for no reason whatsoever, and not all of them are in the Michigan State Senate.
Of those who aren't, a fair number are Militia types who live in the back woods around here, claiming they're not part of the State of Michigan or subject to its laws; cleaning their guns; and thinking that their buddies McVeigh and Nichols done real good when they blowed up that there government office building in Oklahoma City.
I suppose you're going to cry Freedom of the Press and congratulate yourself on serving the public by publishing a searchable database of every state employee, complete with names, salaries, job titles, and addresses. But what you have done, accidentally or not (and I have a hard time believing you didn't realize this in advance) is to paint a big red target on the back of each and every employee of the state. If any of us get killed because of this, our blood is on your hands.
Didn't it occur to you that perhaps cops, prison guards, environmental enforcers, the people who step in between abusive parents and their children or who get between battered and battering spouses, might have enemies? And we don't really need enemies. Nobody in that Federal Building in Oklahoma City had ever done anything to harm McVeigh or Nichols. None of them knew their killers, and the killers knew none of them. It was simply enough that they worked for the government.
I think that in fairness to the rest of us, you should post your own address, phone number, personal e-mail, and salary. And while you are at it, I suggest you provide those of all your friends and loved ones, the name of the school your kids go to, and what time classes get out, for the convenience of any child molesters who might be watching.
Your friend,
Hafoc
Lansing State Journal
120 E. Lenawee St.
Lansing, MI 48919
Dear Mr. Andrews:
As a state employee, I have to put up with a number of risks. For one thing, there are a large number of ignorant rednecks who want me dead for no reason whatsoever, and not all of them are in the Michigan State Senate.
Of those who aren't, a fair number are Militia types who live in the back woods around here, claiming they're not part of the State of Michigan or subject to its laws; cleaning their guns; and thinking that their buddies McVeigh and Nichols done real good when they blowed up that there government office building in Oklahoma City.
I suppose you're going to cry Freedom of the Press and congratulate yourself on serving the public by publishing a searchable database of every state employee, complete with names, salaries, job titles, and addresses. But what you have done, accidentally or not (and I have a hard time believing you didn't realize this in advance) is to paint a big red target on the back of each and every employee of the state. If any of us get killed because of this, our blood is on your hands.
Didn't it occur to you that perhaps cops, prison guards, environmental enforcers, the people who step in between abusive parents and their children or who get between battered and battering spouses, might have enemies? And we don't really need enemies. Nobody in that Federal Building in Oklahoma City had ever done anything to harm McVeigh or Nichols. None of them knew their killers, and the killers knew none of them. It was simply enough that they worked for the government.
I think that in fairness to the rest of us, you should post your own address, phone number, personal e-mail, and salary. And while you are at it, I suggest you provide those of all your friends and loved ones, the name of the school your kids go to, and what time classes get out, for the convenience of any child molesters who might be watching.
Your friend,
Hafoc
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Seriously; Florida law prohibits revealing identities of law enforcement officers, which is a large chunk of your list.
Perhaps Michigan needs to consider similar, if there isn't one already, or prosecution if there is.