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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