The2ndAmendment
Gold Member
Suppose that someone intended to publish an incendiary document like Thomas Paine's Common Sense; would this person be safer from government retribution by shielding their identity by publishing anonymously?
Or, because the government possesses so much technology to uncover the identity of the anonymous author anyway, is the author safer declaring his identity to everyone, so if anything were to happen to him, someone would notice and report the story?
EDIT:
Keep in mind that anonymously publishing is also done to prevent critics from attacking the source/person who published the information on a personal level. Given how much spin artists on both sides focus on the source instead of the story, would it be worth publishing such an incendiary document anonymously anyway, even is it puts you at greater risk of government retribution?
Or, because the government possesses so much technology to uncover the identity of the anonymous author anyway, is the author safer declaring his identity to everyone, so if anything were to happen to him, someone would notice and report the story?
EDIT:
Keep in mind that anonymously publishing is also done to prevent critics from attacking the source/person who published the information on a personal level. Given how much spin artists on both sides focus on the source instead of the story, would it be worth publishing such an incendiary document anonymously anyway, even is it puts you at greater risk of government retribution?
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