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August 31, 2009
Never Go Full Retard: Write, blog and comment using your real name.
He went full retard, man. Never go full retard. Don't go home in pain.
--Robert Downey, Jr., gravely, to Ben Stiller, in Tropic Thunder (2008)
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More of WAC?'s Weenie Patrol. From a July 12 post--and one of many on why you are just a big weenie if you blog or comment without using your real name. Exceptions: Chinese, Cuban and Iranian dissidents, CIA employees doing black ops, Club Ned victims, and 17-year-old girls. Man up, please, y'all:
Effective July 1, 2009, and absent compelling reasons, this blog will no longer print any comments of anonymous bloggers and commenters. Nameless blogosphere participants, in our view, are rarely worth anyone's time, thought, or respect. Anonymous writers have already "discounted" themselves. You can discount them, too, without worrying you're missing anything. They are second-class citizens, at best. See our past posts on the subject here and here. Note to nameless pundits generally: We can't read them, either. We simply don't have the time. Please find other passive aggressive exercises--or maybe just a part-time job--to fill your spare time.
Policy: On this blog, the ethos is Step Up: (1) Say Who You Are, and then (2) Say What You Think. We need both bona fides to publish. Exceptions are special needs cases: e.g., CIA undercover operatives, abused housewives, Cuban or Iranian dissidents, ex-hookers who work with severely retarded children, Gen-Ys, or unwed teenage moms, bona fide members of the dreaded Club Ned, and serious non-wimp trailblazers. Garden variety risk-averse lawyer/CPA dweeb life forms need not apply.
Final note to a few WAC regulars: Since 2005 we have received hundreds of comments/e-mails from the likes of Zorro, Publius, Sweet Lorraine, Wanker Emeritus, Little Sammy, The Humongous, and even "Alexander Madison" in which the writer apparently asserts that, in a previous life, he or she was a Federalist Papers author, Mahatma Gandhi, or member of the French Resistance. And that by nature their thoughts, words and gestures--no matter how lame or drug-addled--have profound and perhaps even epic value.
No more comments, you folks, especially. Just get some help.
Everyone else: get a spine. Above: The highly-respected French Resistance in action. Twenty-first century counterparts may qualify for a WAC? No-Anonymity Rule special needs exemption.
Posted by JD Hull at August 31, 2009 11:59 PM
Comments
Loving the attitude! Almost makes me want to sign this comment off as "Giblets McFadden" or something, but I'll resist it.
Issue: If I WAS a CIA hitman, I wouldn't be able to tell you that without, maybe, killing you... So be careful what you wish for Dan.
Posted by: Rupert White at August 26, 2009 08:32 AM