tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post878417122946957694..comments2024-02-21T17:03:05.861-08:00Comments on Petrelis Files: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08359712473083091475noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-39070934108283715462012-11-21T16:04:32.061-08:002012-11-21T16:04:32.061-08:00Mike. I regret that you had to waste your time (an...Mike. I regret that you had to waste your time (and our money) on this "investigation." <br /><br />I've seen some comments online excoriating you for taking that photo of Scott Wiener in the restroom.<br /><br />As a staunch privacy advocate, my gut instinct would be to criticize the photo (even though he is washing his hands, not peeing.) <br /><br />But Scott Wiener is a public figure. Not only that, he's a public figure who, through his legislative proposals and laws, has demonstrated that he has nothing but contempt for the First Amendment and even less respect for sunshine and transparency. <br /><br />I have pointed out on numerous occasions that you and I often share the same goals, but have very different brands of activism in how it comes to achieving them. <br /><br />And sometimes, because your techniques make people uncomfortable when they involve confronting people with the truth or holding them accountable, others are willing to throw you under the bus, unable to discern your tactics from your motives and motivations.<br /><br />You are one of the hardest working, passionate activists I know, and while I don't think snapping Scott Wiener washing the nasty stains of bitchy money and special interests off his gangly hands in a public restroom is necessarily the best way to win friends and influence people, I also know that your intentions are honorable when it comes to the community, and they, in turn, should support you.<br /><br />I can only hope that Scott Wiener looks in the mirror and ask himself whether spending the city's already-strapped resources on investigating you for snapping an innocent photo, annoying as it may have been, is what his district elected him to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com