David,

I appreciate your attempt to explain to me, despite the fact it's pretty patronizing at this point. I think those who have followed the Bulmer thread, and this jump off thread, can pretty easily recognize my posts.

As to the "it isn't about ethnic and nationalist prejudices"--I beg to differ. In Britain and Ireland, people do this routinely. People are obsessed with being able to put you in your place, and it is frequently done by class, gender, accent, and surname.

Anonymous guests destabilize those prejudices. Not because of a lack of credibility, or cowardice (the most oft-cited reason). But because the reader can't easily put the poster into a little box according to a narrow, insular worldview.

I would suggest if people here are this obsessed about having anonymous posters in your presence, you do something to get it changed. That way you can measure skulls and look for tails on anyone who wishes to contribute, rather than be part of your little clique.