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<DIV><FONT size=4>All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Re: Identifying Posts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Most of us generally agree that it is a mature and honest
thing to sign one's posts or otherwise indicate authorship. But there may
be a very few excusable exceptions. For example, a businessperson might
wish to express a controversial opinion without worrying about being penalized
business-wise. There are, in fact, such anonymous posters. I don't
blame them. Most of us who are controversial posters are generally not in
a position to suffer economical reprisal because of our opinions although there
have attempts to inflict such reprisal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The inexcusable unidentified posters are
those:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>1. Who have avowed public, like Christ
Church Cult Master Douglas Wilson, that members of their organizations will no
longer participate in V 2020 discussions, but do so either through nom-de-plumes
or vicariously by prompting others. These kind of actions are cowardly and
dishonest (No surprise on this with respect to the Cult and especially
Wilson!).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>2. Who are publicly figures/public
officials/public opinion makers who seek to express opinions they are unwilling
to own. A fundamental belief of many of us is that: once a person
seeks or has attained a position where their opinions/actions influence public
policy and actions, then we need to know exactly where
they stand. Hypocrisy, double talk, dishonesty, faint-of-heartness,
unwillingness-to-risk-exposure of their opinions, cowardice, secrecy are
anti-democratic, destructive forces that need to be exposed and
exorcised.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Perhaps it is silly not to sign posts for another
reason. Given the numerous techniques available today for tracing and/or
identifying the authorship of electronic documents, a little work can
identify the source of almost all emails, for example.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Tbertruss@aol.com
href="mailto:Tbertruss@aol.com">Tbertruss@aol.com</A> ; <A
title=m1e2y3e4@moscow.com
href="mailto:m1e2y3e4@moscow.com">m1e2y3e4@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 04, 2005 5:36
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Fiat Lux</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When a person signs
their name to a letter, posting, or article authored by him/her, it reflects
maturity and responsibility on their part, just as failing to sign with the
authors real name reflects immaturity and a strong lack of
accountability.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Take care, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tom I am
Hansen<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">"What is objectionable, what is
dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are
intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say
about their opponents."<BR><BR>-- Robert F.
Kennedy</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of
</SPAN></B>Tbertruss@aol.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:34
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">m1e2y3e4@moscow.com</st1:PersonName>;
vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] Fiat
Lux</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>All:<BR><BR>There is a sort of
unwritten rule (there really are no written rules for V2020 postings that I
know of beyond the details of how First Step manages the list) that list serve
members sign their name to postings. This seems like a good idea to
discourage people from mischief or deception, etc., yet in some cases people
have legitimate reasons to remain anonymous.<BR><BR>I thought the input by
Fiat Lux was useful and informative. I do not think the fact they did
not identify themselves with their real name negates the value of what they
posted.<BR><BR>We have seen some rather nasty and strange anonymous postings
on this list from souls most definitely up to mischief, but unless I missed
something, Fiat Lux's postings were rather well behaved.<BR><BR>Why have a cow
over these anonymous postings?<BR><BR>Hiding in the corner as I sign my
name... <BR><BR>Ted Moffett</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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