The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #68689   Message #1162574
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
15-Apr-04 - 02:14 PM
Thread Name: BS: GUEST posters who start fights
Subject: RE: BS: GUEST posters who start fights
Once again then. In a version which is slightly less contracted:

I draw to the notice of people reading this thread the fact that there is never any indication given by any nameless GUEST of any reason which they have for choosing to post without any kind of name, however temporary, attached to "GUEST". (I leave aside the motive of causing irritation to people who dislike this practice, which on occasion some nameless GUESTS have implied they find enjoyable.)

Sometimes a nameless GUEST has mentioned "anonymity" as a reason for not using a pseudonym of any kind along with GUEST; however this appears to be completely irrelevant, since the use of a name or pseudonym in no way means that the user is any less anonymous. Sometimes the response has been of the form "If I choose to, so what - it's legal", which is equally beside the point, since the fact that something is legal is not in itself a reason for choosing to do it. Frequently the response is of the form "you people hate all GUESTs", which is quite untrue. (Most GUESTS are happy to use a name or pseudonym.)