Steve, there is some moral implication (though not dictation) in the original posting; it may be read to the effect that any decent person should use her or his full name, thus visibly taking full responsibility for what she or he writes. That is the usual practice in personal communication ("My name is Bond, James Bond"); I think that different rules apply in a public internet forum accessible to search engines.

Haruo, unfortunately people are often assessed by irrational criteria. Imagine a bank clerk who is a Newborn Seventh Day Anabaptist and happens to mistrust all Progressive Catholics, perhaps unconsciously. I may be wrong in this special case, it just serves as an example.

The general rules are in my opinion:

• Don't volunteer any information publicly on the net if now or later there may be any person in the world whom you do not want to know it.
• Don't urge others to volunteer such information.
• Most importantly: don't publish such information you happen to know about others, including their names - this is certainly a valid moral issue.

I do not want to promote paranoia, just to counteract any instigation to be careless.