Most pseudonym users cope with the possibility that Mallet will hate what they say by ensuring that he can't figure out their True Name. JY is the next step-- Mallet can't figure out what he is saying, or if it is serious, so J remains safe. Z P.S. Sorry to blow your cover, there, John... P.P.S. Of course "True Name" is a confusing, abused concept. There are three possible ideas-- (A): given a name "N", people can map from N to your physical body, thus exposing you to the risk of extortion, assassination, etc., or (B): given an individual "I", people can find a name "M" such that they are sure I is the brain directly behind M. Alternately, (C): given a name "O" and a name "P", people can be sure that the brain directly behind O is not also the brain directly behind P. Both N and M and occasionally are sometimes thought of as "True Names". (B) and (C) can sometimes be desirable, but unfortunately most implementations of (B) and/or (C) imply (A). (A) is never desirable. P.P.P.S. TCM is the opposite (regressive?)-- he goes out of his way to give a clear impression, to Mallet as well as to friends and strangers, that he is dangerous, violent, racist, homophobic, bigoted, emotionally disturbed, and irrational. We know better, but unfortunately not everyone is so perceptive. P.P.P.P.S. I know TCM likes discussing the True Name concepts when he is in a good mood, but I hereby promise not to give him the satisfaction of conversation until he writes 100 times on the blackboard "I am not a threat to myself, my neighbors, or the authorities.".