X-Message-Number: 26860 Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 08:31:30 +0200 From: Eivind Berge <> Subject: The Wakfers and Anonymity "How absolute the knave is! We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us." That line from the gravedigger scene of Hamlet springs to mind whenever I read anything by Kitty Antonik Wakfer. She seems to spend her time grasping at some ideal of mind-numbing exactness, to the point where the actual subject at hand (to say nothing of style) drowns in nitpicky prolixity. Now, in the same vein, the Wakfers want to do away with anonymity, requiring a ridiculously detailed resume before they will hear from anybody, including: "partner status - romantic and business, present and past ... residence status and location - own or rent ... legal actions taken ... sense of life statement ... life experiences ... character evaluations," etc. Just imagine how useful this kind of disclosure would be for the flow of information at, say, the discussion boards of the Shroomery, http://www.shroomery.org/forums/ubbthreads.php I suppose Kitty would say that one should simply stay away for now from activities which the authorities do not approve of, because everything should be kept out in the open, and then "eventually a society will come about in which members peacefully and gradually reduce the amount of outside coercion that currently prevents its optimal functioning." Yeah, right. This is incredibly naive and ignores the realities of the world, in my opinion. Eivind Berge (real name) Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26860