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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg "Bucket" Woods)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: The need for anonymous postings
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Date: Thu, 15-Nov-84 14:34:54 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 15 14:34:54 1984
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> Agreed; one very good reason for anonymous postings is the ability to
> make sensitive self-revelations.  Another, perhaps less-justifiable
> one is a posting from someone whose does not want their employer/
> administrator to know about it.
> 
   I think these priorities are reversed. If you don't identify yourself,
then I can't consider it a "self-revelation". If you aren't willing to
take responsibility for what you said, it doesn't mean doodley squat.

   The second of these is tougher for me to relate to, because I can post
pretty much what I please here as long as I rotate anything which might be
offensive to some people. But I *can* see this as a real issue. But even
here, if you aren't willing to stand behind what you said, it doesn't show
very much conviction (at the very least, it shows that your job is more 
important to you than the whatever principle it is that you are backing in an
anonymous article) and I'm probably going to want to invalidate it.

--Greg
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