> At 10.35 2005.05.06 +0200, you wrote:
> >ThePicMan [thepicman@infinito.it] wrote :

[I was the one that said the remark below, and I take responsibility
for it. I am also moving this to OT where it belongs]

> >> >I agree fully with this. I tend to think of people with obviously
> >> >made up names as mere kids pretending to be "in"
> >> 
> >> You are insulting me and others with no reason.

No, I am not insulting you. I was saying what I believe to be true.

And to further it, I believe that those who are not willing to stand up
and take credit for their statements believe said statements have
little worth.

[Somebody else responding.]

> >Having a clear name in the mail header have nothing with
> >anti-SPAM to do. Is there any other resonable reason to
> >not disclosing the name on this kind of forum ?
> 
> Either you see a reason for it or not (it's not up to you,
> it's up to the person that signs itself), it is perfectly
> reasonable and "within the rules" of the mailinglist to not
> sign with one's real name.

Yes, it is within the rules. I can think of many good reasons for
using an alias. However, all the ones I can think of are either
childish, petty, lame, or dishonest.

I know that I'm an odd person. The only thing I do anonymously is
pure charity.

> There are people using false, but perfectly sounding names.
> Is it reasonable for you?

Well, at least I don't realize it.

> Calling "kid" someone that makes a choice that doesn't
> break any mailinglist rule and whose reasons you simply
> don't understand is gratuitously insulting him/her, IMHO.

I never called *anybody* a kid. I just said that I thought this
behavior was the actions of a kid. Perhaps you should examine
why *you* feel insulted by my remarks?

> seen that, instead I've seen the worst kind of people
> making libellous affirmations on someone's real name,
> because he was a dangerous competitor, and making night
> calls to him to scare his family. This is just one example

There are legal remedies for this.

> of the abuse that some people can make of someone else's
> real name. And this is one of many possible good reasons
> to choose not to use the own real name.

Oh? And you think that a large portion of this list couldn't find
your real name and more quickly and easily? Note: I mean through
strictly legal and easily available searches.

> Either I have personally good reasons or not to use a
> pseudonym, I'm sure it is correct to use one, and I do!

Your reasons are your own. Frankly, from your paragraph above I
think that they are because of fear and paranoia. And this, to
me, is one of the worse reasons to use a pseudonym.
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