Ebbie Elva, methinks thou dost presume much too much about the meaning of the word anonymous. Here is a dictionary definition (from my Funk & Wagnall's Standard Desk Dictionary):

a.non.y.mous adj. 1. Having or bearing no name. 2. Of unknown authorship or agency. [< Gk. < an-without + onoma name]

See? Nothing about courage or cowardice a'tall. When the word "cowardice" is used by some as a synonym for the word "anonymous" that problem is one of cultural assumptions. Here on Mudcat, those presumptious assumptions have become so insidious, that Mudcat regulars regularly use the "anonymous is snynomous with cowardice" cultural assumption to attack people they feel to be at a complete loss to score points against in an argument. I'm argumentative too. Thing is, I learned a thing or two from arguing all these years. Apparently, you haven't if the best thing you can come up with to get my goat is a sophmoric machismo challenge about cowardice.

I post anonymously--in the sense given by the above dictionary definition--because I like posting this way. I have nothing to hide. I have no hidden agenda. I have no desire to enjoy the benefits of membership, as my on-line life is quite complete without it. I just enjoy posting here as a person without a name. Why that is so hard for some of you to comprehend is beyond me, but that makes it your problem, not mine.