DISQUS

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?
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.
wswaim · 1 year ago

And Dave's name is "Wielenga." I pronounce it "sir."
Selfish Causes · 1 year ago

To Sir, With love:
Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)
Selfish Causes · 1 year ago

--Joey Ramone...not his real name! :)
Dave Wielenga · 1 year ago

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