http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/30/scribblers-anonymous/ What's Going On Here? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:51:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/30/scribblers-anonymous/#comment-182447 Dan Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:33:58 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/30/scribblers-anonymous/#comment-182447 Terry, Thanks for this. I think the really interesting thing about all the anonymous comments is that participatory democracy is hard and scary. There's a certain equilibrium in Falls Village that people are trying to maintain because they do have to live with one another. There is fine line between expressing one's honest opinion and offending one's neighbor. I would prefer that everyone used their real names on the Falls Village blog but I understand why they won't. I spoke once at a Town Meeting and I found it very frightening. It's quite uncomfortable when you pass someone in the Post Office and they will not say hello anymore because they don't agree with your opinions on local issues/ Terry,
Thanks for this. I think the really interesting thing about all the anonymous comments is that participatory democracy is hard and scary. There’s a certain equilibrium in Falls Village that people are trying to maintain because they do have to live with one another. There is fine line between expressing one’s honest opinion and offending one’s neighbor.
I would prefer that everyone used their real names on the Falls Village blog but I understand why they won’t. I spoke once at a Town Meeting and I found it very frightening. It’s quite uncomfortable when you pass someone in the Post Office and they will not say hello anymore because they don’t agree with your opinions on local issues/

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