{"id":299,"date":"2011-09-15T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T18:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcurocks.wordpress.com\/?p=299"},"modified":"2011-09-15T00:00:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T18:30:25","slug":"anonymity-vs-invisibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramramaswamy.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/anonymity-vs-invisibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Anonymity vs Invisibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hcurocks.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-300\" title=\"images\" src=\"http:\/\/hcurocks.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/images.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a>A comment that was submitted by\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:anonymous@gmail.com\">anonymous@gmail.com<\/a> to an earlier post that talked about corruption reads &#8220;<strong>Want to make some good money? Try to get a contract job with HCU. Be prepared to bribe everyone from the gatekeeper to the top guy. HCU is a filthy corrupt place.<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\nOther than adding a ? I have done no editing, but I thought that rather than simply approve the anonymous comment, I would highlight it to request that if you are going to be a whistleblower, then (a) please be specific and (b) share your name, even if privately- I can assure you that I will respect confidentiality.<br \/>\nSpecificity is useful if you want some action. In the above, the implication is that the guards (who, for the most part are Group 4 employees) all the way to the VC are taking bribes. Since I do have some knowledge of at least some part of this chain, I know that this is not true, even though I have been told that there are some areas in the University where there is serious cause for concern&#8230; Unless by &#8220;<strong>top guy<\/strong>&#8221; the writer means someone else, in which case it would be useful to know who.<br \/>\nAbout sharing your name. Anonymous letters are difficult to take seriously. I have got my first one, a typewritten page that is filled with half truths, untruths, and improper allegations (not just about me, about any number of people) and plain inaccuracies. What does one do with this other than discard it totally? I know that the person who wrote it must be aware of this- and may well read this post, so here is an offer I hope you cannot refuse: If you are serious about it, engage in a dialogue and I will guarantee both privacy and confidentiality. Write to me <a href=\"mailto:rr@uohyd.ernet.in\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comment that was submitted by\u00a0anonymous@gmail.com to an earlier post that talked about corruption reads &#8220;Want to make some good money? Try to get a contract job with HCU. Be prepared to bribe everyone from the gatekeeper to the top guy. HCU is a filthy corrupt place.&#8221; Other than adding a ? 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