"If a person is an occasional visitor here and posts purely objective information, particularly if it's musical information, then I have no problem with that person not using a name - and we don't require use of names because we don't want to scare away occasional visitors who simply want to provide information or ask a question.

But if a person is making critical remarks about me, then I think he/she is rude and a coward if he/she posts anonymously."

In complete agreement with you on this Joe, so wouldn't a sensible compromise be that Guests are only allowed to post on the music related section and not the B/S section, which is where the most contentious topics are posted, and therefore where insults are most likely to occur?

Rog