I'm the guest who started this thread, the thread on Kerry speaking at the Wall at yesterday's ceremony, and the thread on Wellstone, with the copy of "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" as well as a couple of posts in the Veteran's Day thread.

I started these threads because these are the issues I'm interested in. I want to know how, as an anti-war activist, what shorthand I can use to get my points across, without having to reargue the Vietnam War. That war is behind us. There is a war with Iraq looming ahead of us, and my sole motive and intention in discussing that war here, and any tactics I can find out about to that end, is that.

Now then, my agenda is different from those who are attacking my anonymity, but really are doing so because they either are supporters of Bush and his foreign policies, or they have an agenda of their own, thanking and honoring and respecting veterans, which is fine by me. What is not fine by me, is the claim that I have said disgusting, horrific, and disrespectful things to veterans. The cyber equivalent of spitting on vets, perhaps? Why would they do this? I don't know, you'll have to ask them.

I'm fine withdrawing from Mudcat discussions if people are so offended by a poster's choice to remain anonymous. I am not going to change my practice, and I am not going to offer explanations for it.

So Ireland, Mary Garvey, Big Mick, Tinker, et al, you win. I withdraw. You've made Mudcat safe again from people like me.