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Selfish Causes
1 year ago

Hey Wielinga.
Is this unsigned email worse than or equal to blogging under a phony name? Does it matter that the writer is most likely a tenant of the Ocean Center Building and is worried about reprisal? Is the writer a wussie, Dave?

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wswaim
1 year ago

I'm sorry, Selfish Causes. I posted it--that is, I, Will Swaim. Who sent it to me, I can't say.

But let me weigh in on the Anonymity thing: First, there's an asymmetrical power relationship between political officials and the people they govern; so like you, Selfish Causes, I can understand why some citizens would want to remain anonymous.

But I get what Dave is saying: there's far more power available to those citizens when they go public. Imagine Martin Luther King Jr, but anonymous.

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wswaim
1 year ago

And Dave's name is "Wielenga." I pronounce it "sir."

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Selfish Causes
1 year ago

To Sir, With love:
Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)

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Selfish Causes
1 year ago

--Joey Ramone...not his real name! :)

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Dave Wielenga
1 year ago

Aww, Selfish Causes, I could never not like you.

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