One small step for mankind...

External Since: Dec 28, 2007 Posts: 739

justwaitafrekinminute.DeleteThis@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 10, 6:23 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" <"Reggie is Here
> "@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> HK wrote:
>>> justwaitafrekinmin....DeleteThis@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> On Mar 10, 4:12 pm, HK <payer33....DeleteThis@mypacks.net> wrote:
>>>>> Posted on Thu, Mar. 06, 2008
>>>>> Anonymous Web postings targeted
>>>>> BILL WOULD REQUIRE NAMES, ADDRESSES
>>>>> By John Cheves
>>>>> JCHE....DeleteThis@HERALD-LEADER.COM
>>>>> A bill filed in the House would keep Kentuckians from posting anonymous
>>>>> comments to Web sites.
>>>>> House Bill 775, filed Tuesday by Rep. Tim Couch, R-Hyden, would require
>>>>> anyone who contributes to a Web site to register a real name, address
>>>>> and e-mail address with that Web site. The person's full name then would
>>>>> be used whenever he or she posted a comment.
>>>>> Web site operators who violate the disclosure law would be fined $500
>>>>> for a first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense.
>>>>> Couch readily acknowledged on Wednesday that his bill raises First
>>>>> Amendment issues regarding free speech, so he won't be pushing it. But
>>>>> he wanted to call attention to the phenomenon of unkind and often untrue
>>>>> comments about people being posted online by Kentuckians hiding behind
>>>>> the cloak of anonymity.
>>>>> "Some nasty things have been said about high school kids in my district,
>>>>> usually by other kids," Couch said. "The adults get in on it, too."
>>>>> "When you're anonymous, you can say anything you want to about someone,
>>>>> and nobody knows who you are," he said.
>>>>> Couch said he, too, has been the subject of anonymous online roasting,
>>>>> and while he doesn't enjoy it, he doesn't think there's much the
>>>>> legislature can do about it.
>>>>> "I think right now (online posting) is pretty much just on its own. It's
>>>>> a machine that's going to go its own way," Couch said. "The state can
>>>>> try to pass some rules, but I don't really think it would do anything."
>>>>> - - -
>>>>> Not quite my idea for shedding the cloak of anonymity, but it's a start.
>>>>> I'd love to see usenet require posters to post with their full, real
>>>>> name and real ISP.
>>>> Could get costly. As a web hosting provider I would be looking for a
>>>> software package that would block all ip's from that state to any
>>>> access to my systems, just like Indonesia and China. It is a political
>>>> ploy anyway, someone looking for votes.
>>> Well, I think getting rid of usenet anonymity is a great idea.
>> Harry,
>> Beside you telling us your name is Harry Krause, you are just as
>> anonymous as "Reggie". No one really knows which Harry Krause you are,
>> there are many in the US and what your home address and phone number is.
>> We really don't know for certain if your name really is Harry Krause,
>> or it is just a UseNet persona. If everyone had to submit to a
>> background check, and all of the information was in the public domain,
>> what would you do differently when communicating with someone in UseNet?- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I know who he is, and could call him right now or send him a letter,
> directly to his house... Just for the record...

Yes, but how do I know you are not lying to me? Wink

External Since: Jun 25, 2007 Posts: 3204

Eisboch wrote:
> "HK" <payer33859.RemoveThis@mypacks.net> wrote in message
> news:63lk5uF289napU3@mid.individual.net...
>
>> justwaitafrekinminute.RemoveThis@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>> On Mar 10, 4:12 pm, HK <payer33....RemoveThis@mypacks.net> wrote:
>>>> Not quite my idea for shedding the cloak of anonymity, but it's a start.
>>>> I'd love to see usenet require posters to post with their full, real
>>>> name and real ISP.
>>> Could get costly. As a web hosting provider I would be looking for a
>>> software package that would block all ip's from that state to any
>>> access to my systems, just like Indonesia and China. It is a political
>>> ploy anyway, someone looking for votes.
>>
>> Well, I think getting rid of usenet anonymity is a great idea.
>
>
> Heh. You realize, don't you Harry, that a picture you posted a while back
> of your Vista desktop clearly showed a shortcut to a program called, "Hide
> My ISP" ?
>
> Not being "snarky", but everytime you complain about anonymity I think of
> that image and program.
>
> Eisboch
>
>

So?

What's that got to do with my desire to end anonymous usenet posting?
Ending anonymous posting would make this a far more pleasant place,
though I'd bet real money at about a dozen of the snarkiest posters here
would find another hobby.