One does not need permission to make public any communications
Is publishing a private message against the law? Depends on who you ask, and more importantly, whose law. Looks like the Terms of Service for SI make it pretty clear that it's not cool to do that here, but I doubt seriously you will go to prison for it, and I doubt that you could ever be found legally liable for damages to another party caused by it. Nonetheless, it IS a big SI no-no, so it probably shouldn't be done here.
I think the point that should be questioned here is not that of a legal aspect, but rather an ethical one. Once something like this is done, a trust is broken. I am not talking about the trust between you and Big Dog either, rather, the trust that any other person here who had been thinking of sending you a PM (about ANYTHING) has now lost as well.
Just like the female interns at the White House are probably not lining up to have lunch with Linda Tripp, I am afraid you too will be shunned for betraying a confidence, even if it was done for what you thought was someone else's better interest.
To some people, the end may justify the means. To others, it may not. I am not involved in this argument, so my opinion shouldn't mean squat to anyone here. However, I wouldn't dine with Ms. Tripp either.
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