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So you believe that people should be allowed to express their opinions being anonymous? If yes, why should that not be the case for politicians?

• thecopy 11y ago
  There is a public interest issue when politicians says one thing to the voters and another behind closed doors.
  • staticelf 11y ago
    But that is the exact same thing as saying people should not be allowed to speak up anonymously. Either you are anonymous or you are not.
    • thecopy 11y ago
      I'm not arguing against anonymity, i am arguing that there is a ethical difference between releasing information about that there's a difference between what a politician says publicly and what the politician really thinks, and the same situation with a private citizen. A politician wants to change the laws and circumstances for our lives, and he/she gets a mandate to do that by convincing the voters that they have aligned interests.
      • staticelf 11y ago
        Alright I understand and I agree. In this case though it was mostly normal citizens who weren't politicians and they used illegal methods in order to gain personal information about them.
        • thecopy 11y ago
          Agreed, and that is despicable.