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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (57260)	9/7/2002 11:05:59 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

You don't know me as far as you are concerned this was written by a pseudonym you believe to be some sort of real person. You have ideas about the writer based on what was written. Your only independent judgments are based on those words. I considered always making the distinction between the idea of me that I have, the pseudonym I created, and the posts written by "me" writing under the pseudonym- I could probably constantly do that, but "I" don't think most people would enjoy that- and it would make my posts very long. If it is necessary for "you" (by which I mean whoever you are) I will try to do it. But if it is too much work I won't do it.

To: Solon who wrote (57260)	9/7/2002 12:37:41 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Using alternate names does not change the substantiality of the person. Your continued inability to grasp this simple idea is perplexing to me. You are overlooking the possibility that an alias may be used for posting by persons other than the registered real person. A poster here recently mentioned that she thought (incorrectly) that I had been sharing my account. I don't even know whether this is prohibited in TOU. I could easily see this happening with other household members, or anyone for that matter who might have access to your computer. Also, cases of one real person having multiple aliases are hardly unknown on SI, notwithstanding that that does violate TOU. Finally, at least one case of an impersonation by an alias of a fictitious or phony "real person" has been exposed on SI. All such instances give added credibility to the point that an alias and the associated registered user are not necessarily one in the same person.