Guest Shenandoah,
I think you must have misunderstood what I was saying. If you look at my post again, you'll see that I said I was bothered by "People who use anonyminity to say things they would never say if they could be held accountable. . . . Give your name or shut up." When I said I have no problem with helpful and friendly anonymous people I was indicating that the anonyminity is not the problem for me, but rather people who use it to be rude without having to face the consequences of their actions. I readily admit to having a hot spot about anonymous posters who do a lot of flaming, having spent some years being being stalked around the newsgroups by a crazy person who never gave a name. Also, this thread is about what bothers us; listing my peeves doesn't mean I really expect the world to change to suit me. See my peeve #3.

I don't much care to be accused of being a macho bullshitter, of being irrational, or of being afraid of the unknown. Perhaps you should take the time to find out what a person is about before you start firing off insults. And perhaps you should have read my post a second time before going public with such an obvious and strongly worded misunderstanding. Flaming is not a good way to achieve a meeting of minds.

I enjoyed and agreed with all your other posts on this thread, by the way.

John Peekstok