Fella wrote:

And for the record, I see anonimity as a legitimate choice one has a
right to make, especially in the usenet. I think that these discussion
groups are a ground for the exchange of POV's, info, etc, between given
personalities, characters, etc, and *they* stay the same, *they* make up
the identity, regardless of what the handle claims about the identity.

Spot on, once again. That's why I said to Paul at the beginning of this
thread, Paul who insisted that the group will continue to believe I am
"Dr. Richard Graham" if I don't say "who I am", that my "identity" is
in every one of my posts. My point was just that: that it stays the
same no matter which alias I choose to post under. A person's first or
last names to me, are -completely unecessary info- on usenet, and I
rather wish we were all forced to post without them. (Already, Google
Groups seems to encourage people to post under aliases. I'm not even
sure how to enter a proper name there!)