| Posted on 13-Apr-2001 10:23 GMT by Christian Kemp | 29 comments
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As you might have noticed, messages of questionable content have been posted on ANN under fictious names, Fleecy's name, as well as my own name. In the latest case, the border between harmless joke and abuse/slander has clearly been crossed, and I have invoked abuse procedures. The ISP of the offending poster has been contacted, and I'm hoping they will take appropriate measures. Any future postings that fall under the same category (abuse/slander and/or impersonating some other person) will also yield the same reaction: removal of the offending posting without any further comment, contacting of the ISP, and if everything else fails, legal action. This clearly cannot continue.
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| Posted by chunky on 12-Apr-2001 22:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 2 (Darrin):
Good for CK. It's his board and his time and money, and he can do whatever he wants with his product. It's pathetic that some people cannot have an argument without getting all personal. That said:
"there is no excuse (apart from memory lapse) to post anonymously"
Oh, please, that's ludicrous. It's one thing to threaten bodily harm (that's considered assault in the U.S.),
and certainly maladaptive and immature to post under someone else's handle or name, but I
have little tolerance for this crap that people should have to give a name to post. Most of these names aren't real names, they're nicknames, and no different from Anonymous postings
other than one could piece together various postings from a single handle to form an opinion on that's poster's opinion.
I post under a different nickname each time (unless I'm carrying through a discussion with another individual, to avoid that person's confusion), so it is really no different from Anonymous.
I'll give you my real name when hell freezes over. I don't know any of you, nor do I trust any of you. That's the beauty of the Internet. One can express him/herself freely without fear of being stalked or persecuted as most certainly would happen (and does happen with public figures) if we were to be forced to reveal our identities. Then, few people would express themselves at all.
Also, swearing (by itself) is harmless. One can be threatening or abusive without swearing, don't blame curse words for anti-social behavior. Some people are offended by swearing. I'm offended by people who believe in the bible, but I don't want them to be silenced or persecuted any more than I would want that to happen to me. If something offends me, I can ignore it, tell that person that I was offended, etc., but that doesn't mean that person should be silenced. If I'm offended, that's my problem, not theirs.
Yeah, give out our names, and I should have to tell other people who I voted for President. That's nobody's business but my own. |
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