On Tue, 23 Feb 1993 18:47:16 EST Dave Phillips <[log in to unmask]> said: >Perhaps I'm just getting old, but it seems to me that if one uses the >net with other adults to discuss issues of public importance, be it >technical or political or social, then one should be willing to put >one's name on the opinion. Maybe if, like one of my friends, you had been repeatedly raped by your father when you were a kid, you would have a different opinion. It sure is easy to make blanket judgments about other people whose problems you haven't shared or experienced. Eric