Metalist: House of Cards (was1984 Foreword
dedalus204 at attbi.com
dedalus204 at attbi.com
Thu May 15 11:59:04 CDT 2003
I see. So assessing one's posts has less to do with what the person says than
whether or not that person supports Doug. Pretty smart, there, Bofus.
Thanks for clarifying.
>
> I grant you that a cyber-persona could take a name out of a phone book, but if
> I were to call up that phone number the deceit would be revealed. But anyone,
> especially an anonymous one, who thinks that Doug is insightful, or even
> somewhatb reasonable, is immediately suspect IMHO. And Doug has been caught
> playing the multiple personalities in the past.
>
> David Morris
>
> --- Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at attbi.com> wrote:
> > The whole issue of names vs. anonymity is futile, anyway. In this
> cyber-context, a "name" like "David Morris" or "Tim Strzechowski" or "Barbara"
> attached to an e-mail account is no less fictional than a "pynchonoid" or
> "jbor" or "malignd." Granting privileged credence to any post merely because a
> "name" is attached to it is absurd.
> >
> > > David: Why don't any of you have real names?
>
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