The general gist...

I stumbled across a blog entry about a week ago that included a photograph of a classified ad an individual had placed. The author of the blog thought that the ad was a humorous illustration of his blog entry as related to "paranoid processess". It was implied that the individual who had placed the ad was a paranoid schizophrenic. The ad included the full name of the individual who had presumably placed it.

During the course of the conversation that ensued, another individual who commented on the blog saw fit to track down the personal homepage of the individual who had placed the ad as based on the name that was displayed in the photo of the ad. He then posted a link to that person's home page. Meanwhile, this individual has absolutely no idea that other people in some corner of the net have dragged in personal details of his life for the purpose of the amusement of others.

I found the whole thing to be so disturbing I asked that all references to that individual be removed from the postings by a site administrator. I've been assured they'll get back to me after the holidays.

What do you think? Is this harassment? Discrimination? Bias? What do you think might be the best course of action?

If you wish to read more on the background of this situation, you can read my request to the site administrators here: <a href=http://pods.zaadz.com/zaadz_support/discussions/view/220727#220727>http://pods.zaadz.com/zaadz_support/discussions/view/220727#220727</a>