Originally Posted by
indy_93accordex
Not that long ago, people living in the United States had a sense of "Right and Wrong"...
This guy didn't do anything to place himself in the spotlight, all he did was ask a presidential candidate a relevant question concerning his business. Not sure how, but a video of their conversation was placed on YouTube -- and made National Headline news.
He is a private citizen. He does not work for any political party. He does not endorse any candidate. Yet, there exists a subset of individuals who see nothing morally wrong in obtaining his personal information and make attempts to ruin his reputation in his line of work.
The fact that this government agency didn't keep his information secure is very disturbing to me.
The fact that there exists folks who see nothing wrong in viewing this as an opportunity to ruin his business -- is a different issue.
People always have had and still have a sense of right and wrong. Whether they choose to exercise this knowledge is at their own discretion. Hence why laws exist and lawbreakers as well. Private citizens are not exempt from the wandering eyes and ears of the public, if you are famous enough people will try to seek information.
You must live in a fictional world or something because there have always been people seeking information about one another. What do you think espionage is? What do you think private investigators are? They look for information on individuals and governments for money. If you find that all disturbing then I don't believe you understand human nature at all.
If you think the government is an airtight entity then you have another thing coming. The biggest problem to any working part of an organization is an operator and in this sense a human's willful choice to act in such a behavior. The government does bear some responsibility but even so it is made up of humans who are in no way perfect and thus make flawed decisions.