Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 23:58:18 01/21/99
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On January 20, 1999 at 16:28:14, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On January 20, 1999 at 11:48:31, KarinsDad wrote: > >>On January 20, 1999 at 10:34:55, Peter Herttrich wrote: >> >>> >>>Sorry for the question, but would u please give me your real name? >>>Your account darmanus (in english bowelsafter) also sounds a little >>>bit crazy ....and german. >>> >>>Peter >> >>Now Peter, >> >>If I wouldn't tell the IRS, why would I tell you? >> >>But seriously, I am a GM in hiding and if everyone found out, my Email would be >>swamped with requests to analyze games (I'm serious, this has happened a lot in >>the past). So don't tell anyone, ok? >> >>Thanks :) >> >>KarinsDad > >I think that a real name should be required, even though enforcement would be >difficult to the point where it may not be worth even trying to enforce it. > I do not agree with the first part, I do not think a real name should be required. And I think it is not worth trying to enforce it. >I think that anonymity leads to poor posts, since accountability is nil, could >cause extremely serious problems, since we occasionally have real votes, and >leads to other distractions as well. > Again, I disagree. Anybody can make good or poor posts. And anyboby can get several e-mail accounts and register each one here (altough I do not see any point). >I brought this issue up once before and it seemed likely that I was in the >minority, but I predict that we will have to deal with these issues for real >eventually. > >bruce I hope this never develops into real problems. And as your post is a reply to KarinsDad, let me say that I can not help but sympathize with his choice of handle and his reasons behind it (at first I thougth it was his real name). José. DISCLAIMER: I am posting under my real name.
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