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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (30893)10/6/2001 5:42:00 AM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
The point is that people who use aliases are, all other things being equal, generally assumed to be less reputable than those who don't. For good reason

I don't accept that rationale. I don't believe X, Poet, E, or CF to be less reputable than Kholt or CH or others. There is no way for anyone to know whether KH is a real name--and what if it was? How does the willingness to expose and forego ones privacy relate to how credible one is? An internet person is not trying to FOOL anyone through an alias--they are trying to exercise their constitutional rights alongside of their intelligence and their integrity...Their right to privacy.

There is nothing disreputable about expressing caution, self-respect, and prudence.
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