Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 08:32:55 -0400 From: momopom Subject: anonymous or not? I had one unhappy experience when I posted an opinion on the Chatlist that made me want to either stop being involved in discussions or at least become anonymous. I got a threatening email from someone sayingContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 00:11:51 -0400 From: John R Dykers Subject: Anonymity and pseudonymity and signed posts Tom Sisk wrote “Especially if you posted insults and incivility.” Others have rationally defended unsigned posts. My synthesis is that when we post we seek civility in tone no matter the disagreementContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:33:07 -0400 From: Karen Crowell Subject: my privacy and your reputation Chathammatters or whatzup – or whatever you like to call yourself- I agree that you have every reason to be concerned about what your clients might think. You are a businesswoman and your reputationContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:16:39 +0000 From: Gene Galin Subject: Former Chatham judge Page Vernon passed away in February Former Chatham judge dead at 60 Feb. 20, 2013 @ 07:25 PM Read the entire story at http://www.heraldsun.com/news/localnews/x670455512/Former-Chatham-judge-dead-at-60 PITTSBORO – Page Vernon, who served as a district court judge forContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:59:12 +0000 From: Jay Boone Subject: Reading old Chatlist posts is now a SCARE TACTIC? R U serious? The Anonymous discussion has definitely “jumped the shark.” We now learn from Deborah Bair that just reading old Chatlist emails is now a scare tactic? How doContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:57:06 -0400 From: Sheila Horonetz Subject: WOW Having read the chat list today, I am very impressed at how educated some of the chatters are! Some use really big words to insult people. SheilaContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:09:13 -0400 From: sarah shook Subject: Anonymous I choose to post under my name and don’t mind the backlash but I also respect (and understand) an individual who chooses to post by another moniker. Gene’s reasons are valid and sound. Ultimately, truth is truth regardlessContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:35:59 -0400 From: cryptik Subject: Dear Chathamites on Anonymity Dear Karen Crowell: I fear that you have already decided your conclusions before hearing the information, and therefore are of a sufficiently closed mind that you cannot participate in a logical debate on the subject ofContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:15:31 -0400 From: John R Dykers Subject: Anonymousphobics I don’t know whether or not you just coined the word, anonymousphobics, but it is a great addition to the lexicon! Ttruth is often ellusive and temporal rather that the comforting absolute we all wish it were.Continue Reading
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:45:46 -0400 From: tom sisk Subject: Anonimity If you don’t have the courage of your convictions sufficient to stand behind your words – unhidden by pseudonym – then I can only assume that you aren’t saying anything worth listening to, anyway. Especially if you postedContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:26:12 -0700 (PDT) From: deborah bair Subject: we need to be able to post without names As much as I hate it, and as much as I love “freedom of speech”..whazzups last example is exactly why we need to be able to post without names..heContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:45:47 -0400 From: Whatzup Subject: Anonymousphobics make me laugh Seems like we have a new breed of intolerant people amongst us – the Anonymousphobics. Anonymousphobics are people who can’t logically discuss or defend their positions based on merit and want to personalize every issue. AnonymousphobicsContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:16:49 -0400 From: John R Dykers Subject: Cryptic Post on Anonymity 27 Apr. I appreciated Cryptic’s conversational analysis and especially his notation of his consistent pseudonym. On point he might reconsider; “Text carries no intonation,” Actually, that is what good writing is, text that hasContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:21:40 -0400 From: chathammatters Subject: Anonymity There are many examples of anonymity in publication throughout history. Here are two famous examples from our founding fathers: Publius, a pseudonym representing the trio of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in the Federalist Papers. Silence Dogood,Continue Reading
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:58:06 -0400 From: Bob Suber Subject: Cryptic’s Response(es) Ah, Cryptic, it’s great that thanks to that particular amendment, and Gene’s perhaps irritating but accurate interpretation, you and others are free to say what you want, about whatever subject you want, and to whomever you want,Continue Reading
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