Greypathers often bemoan the fact that, although we have 10 000 registered members, and are growing daily, its hard to get seniors to speak up. 

If we raise an important subject in our forums, such as ethics, we might get 5 responses if we are lucky. If we raise something about say rudeness on buses, then we might get 20 responses. If we raise something on feral neighbours, we might get 40 responses.

I know it’s human nature to be more interested in a twinge of arthritis than children starving in Ethiopia, but at times it is disappointing, that, with so many lifetimes of experience between us, we do not speak up and contribute much more to public life.

Sadly we are fast becoming the silent grey majority.

Greypath offers us a number of forums, where you can have something to say, and may be ‘take a bit of stick’  sometimes, as a practice run perhaps,  before having your say in more public arenas.

We owe those who follow us, something more than silence.