Hey Nancy!   
      
   Jan 13 23:23 06, Nancy Backus wrote to Maurice Kinal:   
      
    MK>>  ! Origin: The Pointy Stick Society XV - Linux Point (1:261/38.9)   
      
    NB> Part of my wonderment is that Origin lines rarely tell where you    
    NB> really   
    NB> are,   
      
   Is this better?  :-)   
      
    NB> Mind you, I agree on the dork and dweeb-ness..  :)  And I also agree   
    NB> that hiding behind phony names usually results in lower quality   
    NB> posting... having seen it even in local message areas on local bbs's.    
      
   That is also true on the web, and especially on irc/icq thingies.   
      
    NB> But still, in what way isn't this a safe haven for reasonable   
    NB> conversation as long as troublemakers only read us,   
      
   I've been branded as one of those.  It doesn't hurt my feelings much.   
      
    NB> (in theory) already.  What differentiates this from the internet    
    NB> isn't   
    NB> the range and scope, but the character of the participants.  Yes?   
      
   I think so.  Not many of 'us' left.   
      
    NB> Nothing disseminated publicly is a safe haven if one is hiding from   
    NB> being found, even if those searching aren't likely to look "here".   
      
    NB> Anyway, that's where I was coming from... :)   
      
   You don't have to hide to not to be found.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2   
    * Origin: The Pointy Stick Society Headquarters - Ladysmith BC Ca (1:261/38.9)