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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (48749)	8/25/2000 11:06:57 PM
From: Daniel W. Koehler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Charles <<BTW, for all we know, your profile (or anybody's) could be a complete fabrication, which makes your argument rather silly, IMHO>> First, My profile is true. I'm in the book if you want to look me up. Second, it takes a bit of effort to validate a person's profile but it can be done. So, your rather facile response is a bit too subjunctive and solipsistic for me. I suggest that 1-2% of the population is seriously sociopathic to do what you say. And that's not enough to worry about. Besides, if they would go that far to post online, how would it be in their self-interest to fake a profile unless they were paid shills. I prefer to view a profile as a gesture of openness and good will. Anonymity, to me, implies deceit. It also tells me I don't want to waste time in an online discussion with someone so devoid of common courtesy as to not reveal anything about himself other than his opinions. It not silly because you could validate a person's educational credentials with a quick call to the registrar's office of the college they list. And if they impersonate someone who did go to the school they list, that sound seriously illegal to me, though I'm no barrister. Would you risk your good name for a stupid investment thread? Ciao, Daniel