as we can see, it only takes a few really offensive "guest" postings to make the entire concept of anonymity precarious. Of course it should be possible to post with an alias, for reasons noted...but almost ALL abuse and extreme political ramblings in done without even an attempt at a temporary ALIAS.

(I have been tempted to do an entire thread, arguing with myself, to demonstrate how frustrating it is to not be able to tell one blathering 'guest' from another...but I'm sure it would backfire totally...those who agree with me are not guilty, and those who exult in their anonymity would just ignore me and keep on)

ah, well......