Lets's imagine that Eric Ginsburg wasn't a journalist for Yes! Weekly and was in-fact just your run of the mill stereotypical anarchist as too many in the general public sadly believe all anarchists to be. You know, a common criminal. Or perhaps a stalker or a child molester? I'm not accusing Eric Ginsburg of being any of those things but for the sake of this scenario let's just make believe.
Let's also imagine that Marikay Abuzaiter's name never came up, as if Marikay never existed.
Now let's imagine that Eric Ginsburg was getting paranoid that the Greensboro Police Department might be getting a little too close to him so he decides to do a public information request on himself to find out what sort of information our local police have been keeping on him. Criminals do sometimes do this.
When the request comes back Eric is relieved to find out that while GPD has had him on their radar they don't really have anything on him-- nothing to scare him into running and getting the hell out of Dodge and finding a new place to continue his everyday criminal activities.
But included in the request are names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses and other information for Greensboro Police Officers and private citizens, some friends of Eric Ginsburg and others, people Eric Ginsburg has never before heard of.
Suddenly, Eric Ginsburg, the anarchist, the common criminal, stalker and child molester has a list of potential targets provided to him free of charge by the City of Greensboro. Suddenly the question becomes: how many times has this happened when the Eric Ginsburg wasn't a reporter for Yes! Weekly?
Let's also imagine that Marikay Abuzaiter's name never came up, as if Marikay never existed.
Now let's imagine that Eric Ginsburg was getting paranoid that the Greensboro Police Department might be getting a little too close to him so he decides to do a public information request on himself to find out what sort of information our local police have been keeping on him. Criminals do sometimes do this.
When the request comes back Eric is relieved to find out that while GPD has had him on their radar they don't really have anything on him-- nothing to scare him into running and getting the hell out of Dodge and finding a new place to continue his everyday criminal activities.
But included in the request are names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses and other information for Greensboro Police Officers and private citizens, some friends of Eric Ginsburg and others, people Eric Ginsburg has never before heard of.
Suddenly, Eric Ginsburg, the anarchist, the common criminal, stalker and child molester has a list of potential targets provided to him free of charge by the City of Greensboro. Suddenly the question becomes: how many times has this happened when the Eric Ginsburg wasn't a reporter for Yes! Weekly?
