<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:40 PM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Do I tell my black cousin?<br>
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Or do I go to my grave with that information?<br>
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Or do I give the name of my G^3grandmother and let her discover this<br>
shameful history on her own?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't think history has any particular morality.</div><div><br></div><div>What is your current policy on sharing knowledge? You did say that you wish you could unknow this information, but since we'll assume willful destruction of information is antithetical to life- (and identity) preservation, you are unable to do so. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I think this is an interesting question. We have record-retention policies that certain documents must be available upon request for a minimum amount of time but we don't really much experience with records that must NOT be available after a duration of access. Yes, we're starting to wise-up about getting rid of evidence before it is requested, maybe that sets some precedence. In this case though, you've recovered information from the past. Is there some value to the present? Is it your responsibility to protect the future from whatever harm may come from sharing this knowledge? </div>
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