Well I've used my real name on every forum I've ever posted on and I never pull my punches. Not once in fifteen years, and after tens of thousands of posts, many of them utterly "controversial," has this got me into any trouble. Not once. And you could easily find out exactly where I live in two minutes flat, and I don't care. There may be real reasons for a few people to be anonymous, but I don't believe that anonymity is even remotely necessary for the vast majority of people. Sorry to disagree with some of my allies on this point, but I think that anonymity is bullshit. In another thread I'm still doing battle with a bigot who, until the rule change, posted both as bobad and as an anonymous Guest, in the latter guise frequently causing massive offence from behind his wall. There is not a single good reason on earth why he should have been able to do that, let alone still be allowed to post here. There may be exceptions to my no-anonymity point, but they should be rare. I'm with Jack.