Comments on: Competing Secrets http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2007/10/14/40/ Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jim http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2007/10/14/40/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Jim Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:32:41 +0000 http://rhetoricalcommons.org/harlot/?p=40#comment-16 These are great questions. More: And why do secrets want to be told? Anonymously? This is about the control of discourse, and of audience, and it thus a great 'rhetorical' topic. Critical readings of these, individually or collectively would be fascinating...Who is the audience for a secret? What is the appeal of reading another's anonymous secret? These are great questions. More: And why do secrets want to be told? Anonymously? This is about the control of discourse, and of audience, and it thus a great ‘rhetorical’ topic. Critical readings of these, individually or collectively would be fascinating…Who is the audience for a secret? What is the appeal of reading another’s anonymous secret?

]]> By: Vera http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2007/10/14/40/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Vera Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:54:29 +0000 http://rhetoricalcommons.org/harlot/?p=40#comment-15 <p>That is intriguing. One of the questions I think about more often than is healthy is why people seek recognition for an act or creation when they otherwise remain anonymous (assuming, of course, that in this case their secrets are genuine and not invented)? </p> <p>It seems contradictory. How can someone be recognized and anonymous at the same time? What satisfaction do they get out of it? And what are the motivations?</p> That is intriguing. One of the questions I think about more often than is healthy is why people seek recognition for an act or creation when they otherwise remain anonymous (assuming, of course, that in this case their secrets are genuine and not invented)?

It seems contradictory. How can someone be recognized and anonymous at the same time? What satisfaction do they get out of it? And what are the motivations?

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