"GregP" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:49:50 -0500, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


Yep. It's a lot like using a pseudonym.

Majestic Lobo

You must be the son of the late Finance Minister of Bwanda-Sgundi..

And Daddy promised to send me $75,000,000 just as soon
as......um......whatsis name who's holding the money gets my account number!


A pseudonym accomplishes that. But it's not the same in that when
you use your name, or a nickname that everyone knows is yours,
which is usually the case of the "regulars" in a newsgroup, you *are*
standing behind what you say.

Hm......o.k.......but then......hypothetically speaking, mind
you.......anyone who thinks that trying to keep his missives from being
archived is a "pussy" AND uses a pseudonym because he has ample reason to
want to remain anonymous is going to look kind of silly whichever end of it
you look from........right?

Wolfgang