tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051078106755296948.post1227361573145548905..comments2011-06-28T11:34:41.787-07:00Comments on Cornishwoman: Tweetally ridiculous to criticiseJacqui Wallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510076721437312744noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051078106755296948.post-42024819632265072222010-01-28T16:21:04.757-08:002010-01-28T16:21:04.757-08:00I already commented over at the websites for the W...I already commented over at the websites for the WMN, thisiscornwall and <a href="http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Councillors-slammed-Twittering-meeting/article-1770849-detail/article.html" rel="nofollow">thisisplymouth</a> (which has a good cross section of comments on it) Interesting divide on this argument. We seem to be agreeing - except you write much more elegantly! -<br /><br />"Politics suffers from an image crisis with meetings and decisions going on conducted by the old guard style of councilor behind closed doors. This isn't how it happens, but that's how it's seen. This old guard are seen as out of touch with the majority of the people they are representing.<br /><br />Enter a new breed of younger of elected representatives more in touch with the people, who are opening up local government by making it accessible, relevant and interesting to a new and younger generation.<br /><br />The old dusty ways of doing things worked, but we must move with the times and embrace technology to make it work for us. Done in the right way, this can only be good in a democracy and for democracy.<br /><br />To those who are so shocked and angered by the use of Twitter, or any of the new social media for communication purposes, please get off your high horses and learn how to use them - then you would understand it fully, and could argue your case if you still disagreed with it's use in this context. How can you comment if you don't understand how Twitter etc works?<br /><br />I'm proud to live in Cornwall, and hope that the use of Twitter continues in this way in local politics. It has opened it up to me, and taken away the old crusty image"grakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565411345695283246noreply@blogger.com