Author: Peter Herttrich
Date: 00:33:05 01/21/99
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On January 20, 1999 at 17:16:05, KarinsDad wrote: >On January 20, 1999 at 16:28:14, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >[snip] > >> >>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 think that anonymity leads to poor posts > at minimum the danger exists. >Are you claiming my posts are poor? Or KK's posts? What is the real reason that >anonymity bothers you? KK? I think everyone here knows, that KK is Alan in Canada (forgot his pastname, sri). He is not anonym. > >>, since accountability is nil, could >>cause extremely serious problems, since we occasionally have real votes, and >>leads to other distractions as well. >> >>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. > >Why? If someone is not being abusive, who cares? If in my club a member is running around with a camouflage, I have to ask myself and also him/she, what has to be hidden? > >Your entire reasoning appears flawed. Even with real sounding names, you cannot >have accountability, you cannot enforce it, you cannot even guarantee that all >of the names you currently have in the group are real, so what is the point? May be, but did you not want to know, who is your opposite? I can accept much more the oppinion of a known person then from an anonymous. > >I have received an Email as well from a person who did not like anonymity, >however, this is not a requirement for this group. My belief is that anonymity >bothers some people cause "they don't know". That is the real crux of your >message Bruce. It has nothing to do with accountability or voting or anything >else except that it bothers you (and possibly a few select others). How can you know, how Bruce thinks or feels? > >Are you afraid that I am secretly Sean? Heaven forbid! No one has said this! I only asked you for your real name. And that your account darmanus sounds crazy for me .... and German. But I got the expected answer. And it seems that i have pushed the right button at your keyboard ;-| Here an idea for the charta of this club: Every member should work with it's real name. Peter
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