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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Editorial: "Minutemen need to reveal secret identities"

While the unnamed Courier editor goes a bit over the top in referring to wannabe vigilantism as "noble work," his central point is correct, even if its motivation is a bit venal. (He really wants to print the vigilante rant sitting on his spike, but with no name on it, he can't.) The writing is all original, the idea is good for the town, that's enough to rate a cookie. Too bad he couldn't resist the gratuitous cowboy reference.
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1 comment:

  1. leftturnclydeMay 23, 2007 at 6:34 PM

    you gave him a cookie steven but you sure did wiggle and squirm around a lot before you gave it up.
    the unamed editor obviously sympathizes with what these guys are trying to do ,which is putting the spotlight on the folks that are hireing the illeagals (the folks which you and I both agree Are the root cause of this whole Lincon/grove thing),but hammers them hard on why remaining anonymous hurts their cause .Dude,This editor is doing the right thing which is waaay more important than the difference in the way you both veiw the minuteman movement in general.

    ReplyDelete

I encourage you to share your own views and experience with me and other readers. How you do that matters, and I'm committed to maintaining a place where readers and commenters can feel safe from adolescent BS. So here's the deal:

There are two kinds of anonymous comments: those by people who have a genuine fear of revenge from the dark side, and those from darksiders just hiding to avoid accountability. You may post comments anonymously, but I reserve the right to treat anonymous comments as found items that belong to me and do with them as I see fit.

If, on the other hand, you're willing to stand by your convictions and post under your own name or a regular handle, your comments belong to you, and I'll edit them only on egregious violations of respect for others.

If this doesn't work for you, I'm sure you'll be happier somewhere else.