identity (Re: [lbo-talk] Tony Judt on the death of liberalism inAmerica)

[Carl Remick]

>From: Eric <rayrena at realtime.net>
>
>I don't get this obsession over AN's anonymity. People have all sorts of 
>reasons for remaining anonymous, not least because revealing their name can 
>fuck with their ability to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves and/or 
>their dependents.

AN's anonymity has a stagey portentousness that is quite irritating.  As 
someone not unfamiliar with the black arts of publicity, I'd say this 
enigmatic air that AN cultivates has everything to do with self-promotion 
and nothing to do with self-preservation.

Now, please excuse the fact that I must remain nameless to escape the 
clutches of the overposting police.

"The Scarlet Pimpernel"

We seek him here, we seek him there. / Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven -- is he in hell? / That damned elusive Pimpernel?

                                         -- Sir Percy Blakeney