Name:   copperline - Subject:   Nope, the Right is always Wrong.... Date:   7/5/2012 9:22:58 AM

Really, i have to think that the use of alias isn’t good for us and doesn’t improve the civility…. it seems to me that it promotes some pretty aggressive & derogatory exchanges here.   After all, some of these threads read like what you would hear just before a fight breaks out in a bar.  Friends?   Holy S----. 

Without the benefit of body language, it’s easy to mistake a dose of kidding from an intentional insult….  On a forum, choice of words matter even more.    A couple of years ago, some of the banter between ‘friends’ escalated to posts that read “i know who you are and where you live”.  

Being insulted for beliefs & values doesn’t inspire me to share my home address, my instincts tell me i should protect myself from people who attack each other & may want to take it to the next level.  

it's pretty ironic that the same anonymity that protects us may also be promoting what we feel we need to be protected from, wouldn't you say?