<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> The anonymity is up to him/her. The only thing that freaks me out is the nom de plume. Human beings who call themselves angels are just scary. Joanna ravi wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid44CA61EE.9080803@exitleft.org"> <pre wrap="">At around 28/7/06 1:34 pm, Carl Remick wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">From: Angelus Novus <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fuerdenkommunismus@yahoo.com"><fuerdenkommunismus@yahoo.com></a> --- Carl Remick <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carlremick@hotmail.com"><carlremick@hotmail.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I don't know about the smart part, but you're certainly opinionated, "Angelus Novus." Does your anonymity reflect lack of confidence in these opinions? Come out, come out and tell us who you are. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">It seems to me extremely dangerous to post under one's own name on such a forum, which is openly accessible to governments and employers. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">So live dangerously, Herr Wuss. If everyone acted like you, the world would be even more repressive and anti-democratic than it is now. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Carl, I do not agree with your classifying the desire for anonymity as wuss-ish. Each of us suffer different circumstances and there are some who might face much graver consequences than others. I will wager that there are a lot of people in the world who have effected important changes while remaining anonymous to some degree or the other. In order to ease the suspense, perhaps you can think of A. Novus as the erstwhile Michael Pug? ;-) --ravi </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>