> From: Sheenagh Pugh <[log in to unmask]>
>
> do people have a right to know whether those with whom they interact are
> using their real name? It depends on the context.
I don't think we're very far apart on this. My feeling is that in
contexts which naturally and resonably create the assumption that a name
given is the person's real name, I have a right to know if it is not. I
think that this list is such a context.
As for your own case, if you aren't Sheena you're gonna hear from the
real one!
--
But strength alone though of the Muses born
Is like a fallen angel: trees uptorn,
Darkness, and worms, and shrouds, and sepulchres
Delight it; for it feeds upon the burrs
And thorns of life; forgetting the great end
Of poesy, that it should be a friend
To soothe the cars and lift the thoughts of man.
-- Keats
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