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Originally Posted by Richard T. Eger
This may bowl over many that know me, but I do support the use of pseudonyms on TOCH!. The reason for this turn of events is the recent dialog regarding Ed West first deciding to wait until an eBay auction was over to list the auction, then, under the weight of relentless badgering, changing his mind and going back to the way he used to do it. Poor "Nemo" was mercilessly attacked by people who, indeed, gave their names. Now, what if "Nemo" just happened to be one of our brethren who happened to support the initial change? Would he then be castigated by all as a pariah? What if he were an author? Would we start a boycott of his books?
No, I'm afraid this forum needs to allow the use of pseudonyms so that those that just happen to disagree with the disagreeable majority might be able to do so without being castrated by that majority. It wasn't a kindly discussion, but a public lynching.
Regards,
Richard
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Richard,
I have to disagree with you about the treatment of 'Nemo'. Go to post 78 of the discussion you are talking about, see what he posted, and read the rest of the posts. Nemo was shit-stirring and making ill-founded allegations, and I called him out about it. And, I wasn't the only one to take him to task. Basically, he got all that he deserved in that thread. Had he posted the same under a real name, whoever he was, he would have got the same.
I dislike being classed in what you term a 'diagreeable majority'. Nemo posted certain allegations that were without foundation, and in at least one instance posted what I consider to be a slur against me. If anyone does that, then I will defend myself, whoever they may be, anonymous or real-name poster. Go read the thread again, Richard. It wasn't a public lynching, but a vigorous discussion where someone was challenged on some of the points he made.