Posted by Dinah on June 30, 2007, at 10:30:11
In reply to Re: Power and status and deputies, posted by muffled on June 30, 2007, at 9:43:55
Thank you muffled, and not just for this, but in general for you contributions around Babble lately.
Perhaps it's just that it was pretty strongly stressed in our history classes that having neighbors hiding their faces behind hoods to enforce the law was not actually the best way to achieve fairness and lack of bias. :(
Anonymity on the internet seems to increase disinhibition. Knowing that my reputation in this community is on the line with each of my actions (along with OCD scrupulosity I suppose) is part of what keeps me scrutinizing myself closely to make sure my actions are unbiased and that my reasoning could be published on the nightly news without any cause for shame.
Maybe it's just me. But I, Dinah, feel part of this community as Dinah, and I would not feel comfortable wearing a mask to do anything here.
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