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From: darcic@midas.TEK.COM (darci chapman)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Mark Ethan Smith: For real?
Message-ID: <1975@midas.TEK.COM>
Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 18:23:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: midas.1975
Posted: Wed Sep 30 18:23:59 1987
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Reply-To: darcic@midas.UUCP (darci chapman)
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In article <2050@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>In article <5261@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, genji@opal.berkeley.edu (Genji Schmeder) writes:
>> >Is this Mark Ethan Smith for real, or an elaborate...
 
 BTW, yes though we have not met in person.

>	No Usenet site should have anonymous users.  

Since Mark does sign his articles with his legal name how does this imply
that he is an anonymous user?

>Public funds should not be
>used to propagate the whimsical, irresponsible ravings of a person who
>uses fraud and deception in concealing their identity.  

Excuse me, but since Mark Ethan Smith is the legal name of the  person you
are talking about, in what way is this fraud or concealing an identity?
Just because "Mark" is a name traditionally used for males? What about
the name Darci? I have seen it used for both men and women - are we then
concealing our identity? Must every person with a name used for either
gender state their gender upon demand to be kept from being accused of
fraud and concealment?

>If "Smith" wishes to engage in such anonymous activity,  let him/her/it 
>confine postings to privately owned BBS's - not Usenet.

And if Larry Lippman continues to falsely accuse people in a public forum
of fraud then I suggest that the appropriate system admin: 

1.	Post to the Net any identifying information in their possession
	about "Lippman".

2.	Revoke any accounts (such as "Lippman's") which are used to accuse
	people of fraud when they have no evidence to support such accusations.

Lippman has in the past posted some very obnoxious remarks and so the
above really doesn't really surprise me - I just think he should learn to
use the 'n', 'j', and/or 'u' keys instead of demanding that people who don't
conform to his idea of "proper" be denied access to a public forum.

Darci  | (which is really spelled "Darcy" on my birth certificate and
Chapman| nowhere else - don't want to be accused of concealing anything ;-)