Re: Rule 4

From: TTrotsky_at_aol.com
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 10:47:50 EST


In a message dated 26/11/99 10:28:49 GMT, you write:

<< I have no idea of TTrotskys real name, for example. But he is known by that name, consistently posts under it, and as far as taking responsibility for his posts, all I have is an email address anyway - it doesn't really matter whether that email address is obviously related to whatever name would be on his drivers licence. >>

     If I'm going to be serious about this for a minute:

  1. A number of people do know me by this name offline (it dates to way before I had a modem...
  2. Like you say, consistency is the hallmark - I'm not pretending to be anyone else!
  3. Heck, I wrote 'TTrotsky' on my name-badge at Convulsion, so its hardly that anonymous - anyone could pigeonhole me about what I'd said on the Digest (and indeed, a few people did)
  4. If you really *really* want to know, my name is on my website :-)

Yours, Somebody-or-other


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