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October 12, 2009
Twelfth Weenie Alert: Help stamp out Net Anonymity.
Too many lawyers are already Weenies-and-a Half. Ah, the Tragically Prissy....you guys--mainly it's the "men"--know who you are. And many anonymous commenters still come to WAC? But we are now a Wuss-Free Zone.
The Nameless-on-the-Net Thing is Over. Use your real name. You can do it!
So step up. Man/Woman up. Be a person. This is America. Be like Samuel Adams. Like Hunter Thompson. Jack London. Or Janis Joplin. Hanjo Vogel. Dan Pinchbeck. Scott Greenfield. Pat Lamb. Elie Mystal. Chrissie Hynde. Even your mailman. Your barber. The young good-looking woman with no kids and lots of money next door who went to Smith.
Real people. Real names.
Do tell people what you think.
But in America, big mouths and being opinionated is still way cool--but big mouths plus no names is never cool. It's cowardly. It's like 10-year-old small town vandals in New Jersey throwing rocks through windows and running away into the night. It's like blind wharf rats in heat. Cretins. Insects. Badness.
Get it?
It's never too late for self-respect. To be a Person Among Persons.
Club Ned, eh? Get some class, a life standard and a spine, y'all. Unless you're a CIA stringer in black ops, an Iranian dissident, an abused housewife, a closet queen working for State, or a Club Ned member, please blog and comment using your real name.
WAC? is a proud No-Wuss Zone. We want to hear what you have to say--but nobodies aren't worth our readers' time or respect.
Club Ned: Just like a hog, eh? Ned Beatty's character Bobby in "Deliverance" may blog and comment anonymously about his ill-fated canoe trip.
Posted by Rob Bodine at October 12, 2009 12:59 AM
Comments
Ever hear of the Federalist Papers?
Posted by: Max Kennerly at October 8, 2009 11:05 PM
Not many Publius-level folks around. Every century or so. That's about it. Not me. Not you.
Posted by: Hull at October 9, 2009 03:25 AM