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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (57287)9/8/2002 5:43:57 AM
From: Solon  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
"I doubt "Solon" the alias reads anything"

Finally you are getting it! An alias does not read. The alternate name, "X" is a word. It does not have any mind or other biological life (sort of like the Quaker, CH!)

But that doesn't mean that the person who calls herself "X" (in order to protect her identity until she gets to know SI members better, and to trust them enough to meet with them) doesn't have a mind. It doesn't mean that at all. People who express opinions generally have minds...
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