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I think people on this board especially understand that something as simple as an email account can directly affect our means of making a living and can have ve
by jwecker 17y ago
I think people on this board especially understand that something as simple as an email account can directly affect our means of making a living and can have very serious consequences, therefore we understand that a blanket deactivation could be the equivalent of "to help me fix my mistake, you must lose your job."
To non-geeks loosing an email account isn't as big of a deal, so it's easy to see why a judge would not realize the significance.
- NathanKP 17y agoI wonder if anyone has heard anything at all from the holder of the Gmail account? I mean it could very well be that the emails just ended up in spam, but I think it more likely that the email account simply isn't used anyway. That said it is obvious that no one wants their email account to be terminated, especially not those who use it for business, and if the court has that power to simply deactivate someone's account then something is very wrong with our judicial system.
- scott_s 17y agoI know many non-geeks who would consider losing their email account a big deal and would be upset. More than just geeks rely on their online identities to talk and work.
- rokhayakebe 17y agoI think the point he was trying to make was how much does the Judge value electronic mail. Not much apparently.
- skolor 17y agoThe problem is more general, that the current set of lawyers, policy makers and the like just aren't familiar with anything digital. Given 20 years, when the current law students/other 20-somethings, who have grown up with the Internet, iPhones and a constant connectivity to anyone you want, start getting into policy creating offices and sitting as judges, I expect to see many changes to the way issues like this are handled.