Re: Mr. Lutus' request.

From: Paul Lutus (nospam_at_nosite.zzz)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:56:20 -0700

187 wrote:

> Paul Lutus wrote:
>> name wrote:
>>
> [...]
>>> I have occasionally responded to
>>> his attacks on me,
>>
>> There is no "me", "name". You cannot have it both ways. You cannot
>> hide behind an alias while demanding the rights accorded those
>> self-respecting participants who responsibly identify themselves in
>> this public forum.
>
> I really have to disagree with you here. Many people in real life go by
> "nicknames" rather than their true names. Such as Bob, when one's name
> is Robert. Or a nickname adopted from collogues that happen to "stick"
> with you.

In the example you give, it is someone known to you, someone formally
introduced at some point, who has a convenient name for informal use. In
this case, "name" is all we have. There is no basis for comparison.

> I don't see why this would be any different in public forums. If one can
> uniquely identify them selves by a name other than their own in real
> life, even if it's not their legal or birth name, what is wrong with
> doing the same in Usenet?

Because real people cannot do this. Someone who always uses a nickname and
never uses his real name cannot expect to be accorded the rights and
privileges granted to a real person. It would be like being introduced to
someone who then and forever afterward used a nickname and never revealed
his identity. You would quickly surmise that he was wanted by the police.

> And if you must know, my nick was derived from the birth years of my
> grand parents (19/18/ and 19/17/.) I started posting under this nick
> when I kept being accessioned with entities (mainly on corporation in
> general) that I had nothing to do with,

You were what by what? Can this be translated?

> to such an extent I just changed
> my posting identity. It does not, however, change who I /am/.
>
> My name is Al[bert] Newmane, aka "187"

I am not clear why you were forced to assume an alias. There is a greater
weight given to posts accompanied by real names. 

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

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