wrote

This is use net. Any one of us can be any one or anything. Without a
bit of research or having been on the group long enough to become
recognized and have developed a reputation, there is nothing that can
really be assumed except the person you are talking to may not be what
they claim.

You know, there is a real quiet kind of wisdom, in that paragraph.

Reputation is everything. You never know for sure what or where someone is,
or where they are coming from.

If a person has honor, they post what they are, and what they believe in,
without dodging around with new identities. Even if others do not agree
with them, that is OK. Some of the crackpots have used too many identities
to keep track of.

I've never posted under an assumed name. I'll bet that you haven't either,
and many others have not. I'm the kind of person that will tell a cashier
that they have given me too much change back. I don't take or keep stuff
that doesn't belong to me. If I tear up somebody's stuff, I'll make it
right with them.

The world needs more honest people.
--
Jim in NC