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Old 12-28-2014, 12:13 PM   #10
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Isn't a personal opinion and being able to voice it the basis of our democracy? I've been on Town Meeting and a steering committee. Why should my opinion be worth any more or less than my neighbor's?
No, it's not that simple--citizens in a democracy have a responsibility to participate in that democracy. Criticism without participation (and, I daresay, apathy) is the very antithesis of democracy.
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