Dear Dave: You are a helluva fine debater but you are also an unbelievably irritating, sanctimonious son-of-a-bitch. A CoWaRD On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, David Sternlight wrote:

At 10:54 AM -0700 7/16/96, Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote:

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a suggestion: get a pseudonym!

In my opinion (it's not "the truth") using a pseudonym except in force majeure circumstances such as a rape counseling group is cowardly. I think people should stand behind what they say, and the notion of Detweiler's having arguments with himself pseudonymously would be hilarious if it were not pathetic.

In any case it wouldn't work for me since I suspect my literary style is sufficiently distinctive (at least for this sort of group) that I'd be spotted in a short time and then be the victim of a bunch of nasty "what have you got to hide" posts.

And I'm not going to twist myself into a pretzel, stylistically speaking, just so some thug's nastiness can be avoided. I trust the good sense of wiser readers, and as Harry Truman said...

David