Not an Issue?

Some readers of my anti-surveillance camera missive (below) insist that it is not important, or that the issue is moot, or that I am basically barking up the wrong tree.

I disagree.

I think little issues (like surveillance cameras) do matter. With the passage of time, and over the course of history, these little things become established. They harden. And they end up mattering in ways we cannot foresee now.

(BTW, I was told of an article about this very issue that was published in today’s The Brattleboro Reformer.)

Some of you have also disagreed with my proposal to improve our social relations, strengthen our communities and develop a stronger, tighter, more vibrant civil society.

I think both criticisms (and others I have received) merit a thoughtful response—if only to remind some of you of the very principles which used to animate and inspire you. Frankly, I think some of you have forgotten what it is tha's been lost in many part sof the world--and what we are trying to preserve in a place like Vermont.