People need to be accountable for their words

Friday, December 14, 2007 10:03 AM EST

After reading Judy Ducayne's column in Tuesday's Citizen, I found myself in the unusual position of completely agreeing with her. She believes, as I do, that when someone's opinion appears in print, their name should be attached.
Whether these missives appear as Letters to the Editor or under another heading, the mere fact that they are anonymous does not allow the reader to judge the qualifications of the author.

I understand that this kind of “journalism” is certainly inexpensive, but it allows these, as Ms. Ducayne calls them, cyber-stalkers to spread rumors, accuse, and attack people's character without any accountability for their words.

Tom Klink

Auburn

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There are 8 comment(s)

karl L wrote on Dec 15, 2007 6:58 PM:

" "well said, coach" "

coach7811 wrote on Dec 15, 2007 4:59 PM:

" Well said Unknown "

karl L wrote on Dec 15, 2007 1:46 PM:

" Unknown,,,,thank you for making my point with absolute crystalline clarity! And thank you coach7811! "

Unknown... wrote on Dec 15, 2007 8:52 AM:

" Oh baloney. People don't use their names because they want to avoid other people harassing them. Just because you use your names, it doesn't validate your opinions, either. See Karl's comment?? He WANTS to hold people accountable!! He'd probably be the first one to harass someone!!! "

coach7811 wrote on Dec 14, 2007 6:13 PM:

" Well said Karl. "

karl L wrote on Dec 14, 2007 1:11 PM:

" I agree that a lot of people on this site would NEVER say what they say if the had to be held accountable for it. Some people just have no spine, no courage of their convictions! "

eliza wrote on Dec 14, 2007 12:47 PM:

" I hope I run into Ms. Ducayne sometime so I can ask her who these cyberstalkers really are...and then I can write a letter to the editor with their name in it... "

anonymous wrote on Dec 14, 2007 12:01 PM:

" Having someone's name listed as a byline or under a letter does not allow the reader to judge a person's qualifications either. I disagee that a person need to attach his name to an opinion to validate it. In fact, seeing Judy's name attached to her volumn had the exact opposite effect for me, and I recognized it for the crap that it was. "

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