Posted by Meri-Tuuli on June 30, 2007, at 11:17:51
In reply to Re: Power and status and deputies » muffled, posted by Dinah on June 30, 2007, at 10:30:11
> 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. :(
I don't really know what that is supposed to mean, or what it is referring to, as we don't get taught American history in school.
> Anonymity on the internet seems to increase disinhibition.Yes, in those that are trying to provoke. Not in those that are trying to protect.
>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.
But you can still worry about your reputation if you were anonymous -- it would simply be your reputation as a fair and just deputy! You would still have a reputation to protect if you were 'deputy_2' for example.
> 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.So exactly. My point which got me an uncivil warning remains, which obviously I am not going to re-iterate. Anything else which I might add to that comment you just made, will probably end up with a block or something. But, let me ask you a question instead. If, for the good of the community, it was decided that deputies were to become anonymous, would you therefore resign? Because you just stated you 'would not feel comfortable wearing a mask around here'?
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