Lighting "the Amerikan dark" (VL235.39); was Re: Majorities Moral and Otherwise

[Doug Millison]

At 10:23 PM +1100 12/15/98, rj wrote:
>I find no little irony in the fact that democracy vindicates and
>enfranchises just such anonymity as Doug, list-wise, purports vehemently
>to detest.

I'll try to set this canard to rest one more time. I have spoken out
against anonymous posters who use Pynchon-L as their personal toilet bowl,
insulting, provoking, and otherwise trolling for flames. Some Pynchon-L
participants manage to remain anonymous and to refrain from such tactics. I
prefer Internet discussions where people are known by their names -- such
as The Well -- because I believe this leads them to take responsibility for
what they post. I am not against "anonymity" per se.


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