[117599] in Cypherpunks
Re: "Posting Anonymously is the Sign of a Coward"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Reese)
Mon Sep 6 20:38:36 1999
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Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 14:05:28 -1000
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Reese <reeza@flex.com>
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Reply-To: Reese <reeza@flex.com>
allegedly, gburnore@databasix.com (Gary L. Burnore) wrote:
> >alt.privacy is for people concerned with the anonymity not with sending
ft.meade their daily
> >scedule....
>
> If you were _REALLY concerned with your ability to post anonymously,
you'd be
> concerned about those like the anonymous asshole who harass and defame
> without proof from a remailer. THEY are the ones the Government will use as
> examples as to why remailers should be outlawed.
Well now, I've done my share of castigating persons who post as
"anonymous", but truth be told, I'd rather post flames as "anonymous"
myself. I can, perhaps I shall, but fuckit, I've been posting flames as
myself for a while so why should I change now?
I've come to understand that frequent posts to flame and etc. (as
anonymous) ensure the medium and method is still valid, the more vitriolic
the flame, the more determined some persons will be to determine the
identity of the poster; the greater the difficulty they experience, the
safer said medium and method can be said to be - within reason of course.
Frequent anonymous flames may rankle and garner the ire of the recipient,
but take it on the chin in 1A spirit. If you silence them, you've given
everyone else the precedent to silence you.
So shut up voluntarily, before enabling them to force you to shut up.
Reese
