To: Dale Baker who wrote (21188 ) 10/2/2000 5:16:02 AM From: marcos Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 118717 He only posted revealing links after being outed by the touts, i believe, and i do not see his game spoiled any more than it was already by his own excesses ... whatthehell, he's a human bean, you hafta make allowances for that ... actually the tout attacks have increased his stock in my eyes ... you as a gov.employee/fund manager, 'real name' and all [hah!], you speak in one manner, Auric speaks in another related to whatever it is that he does ... i am a logger in one country, a campesino in another, that will come out in the way i speak, and it ain't always pretty ... should the location of my family be turned over to touts for this? - i don't think so, not in a just society ... i hope you're right, that anonymity will always be with us, the day that it is not this login marcos will fade away and a new 'real name' will appear, and you betcher boots it won't be the one my mama gave me. There has never been in México a law protecting anonymity, nothing of the sort, but de facto the reality is that anonymity has saved a lot of lives and grief in permitting the cautious to do a little pamphleteering to preserve the goal of democracy in the minds of the nation ... and hey, it seems to be working lately, don't knock it -g- Ok, i'll leave it alone ... but you did bring up the subject, and back in July when you brought it up i didn't have time to respond ... i've had the thread bookmarked for a long time, and the issue of anonymity which to me equals a somewhat greater measure of personal security, this is important stuff and i strongly disagree with you on this point ... on others you make great sense, so - cheers. [edit][just saw your last post] - just tucked away a little nt.to, yes probably long-term but i've said that before and then traded it, not always brilliantly ... will look at ala ... you know that means 'wing' in spanish? ... could fly -g-