YYA> I was questioning the toeles, and even the Halachic permissibility, of posting the name here on YWN or similar forums.
I agree here. Probably, whatever need there is to publicize is achieved by the court publishing the name, so anyone can find the information already just googling for the name. Some write that one of the concerns behind lashon hara prohibition is a need for society to presume and encourage the idea that normative behavior is to be yashar. If we constantly talk about negatives, then you get the attitude of “everyone does it”. In this aspect, it is interesting that you and several others showed concern for this misguided individual, but at the same time many post negatively-framed opinions about people from other groups of Jews, without slight concern for LH. I am sure people will bring up explanations why those groups are “really bad”, but the social consequences are the same – if everyone does it, I can do something too … You see sometimes posts like – they let Arabs do that ….