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How many out there use their real names here? (vanity)
Posted on 03/24/2004 5:30:06 AM PST by Peter J. Huss
Just wondering. I switched a little while back, mainly because I didn't see why I should hide behind a fake name.
When I started using my real name, I was a wee bit more careful about what I posted.
Anyone care to chime in on this? Am I being foolhardy?
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To: guitfiddlist
I'd like to hear from some Freeper IT wizards about how hard it would be for hostile governments (including domestic 'Rat) and other organizations to track each and every one of us down.You have a spot on your shirt... or it could be something on the lens of my binoculars. :)
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:02:32 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Just once I'd like to get by on my looks.)
To: Salo
I will share my real identity on a case-by-case basis via private mail, but the main reason I don't do it outright is because there are too many nut cases who may monitor this forum (I'm talking about the lurking trolls).
Jag
To: fawn796
Are you related to Stands-with-a-Fist?? No. If so, did Dances-with-Wolves and Ms. Fist ever have any kids? What did they name them??
In the movie, the two "white" Sioux Indians escaped just prior to the US Calvary's arrival. They travelled south and west, bought some land in a rural area and had three daughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah...:-)
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:04:12 AM PST
by
Types_with_Fist
("You'll never get the pass code Eric!")
To: LadyShallott
Wow. That man needs help. I can't imagine being that wacked, even after hard drugs.
It's acutally very sad.
To: Peter J. Huss
I use my real name to. Kind of anyway. You see the first part are the 3 last letters of my maiden name and the second part the lst 3 letters of my last name
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:05:03 AM PST
by
Kaslin
(It is now more important then ever that we re-elect President Bush)
To: Solson
I'd say "You're kidding!" except I know you're not. Care to share the details?
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:06:11 AM PST
by
brbethke
To: Peter J. Huss
I use my real name, I figure I'm more legitimate that way and no one can accuse me of being a troll! Besides this has been a great learning process for me as I've learned to debate and take heat when my reasoning process has been flawed. If your gonna have an opinion at least stand by it the way John Hancock did when he signed the Declaration of Independence with bold cheeky matter of factness...and do eat humble pie occaisionally when one is wrong or found to be out of ones depth!
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:06:37 AM PST
by
mdmathis6
(The Democrats must be defeated in 2004...." MDMATHIS6, The Anti-Democrat")
To: Types_with_Fist
"Types, aren't you worried some wacko might find a way to steal your identity or something?"
I would have said "Let them have it, I am tired of it and it is no good anymore. Time for a new one." Hmmmmm, I think I would like to have James Bond's identity. Lots of women, fun toys, lots of travel and lots of action.
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:06:59 AM PST
by
looscnnn
("Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils" Gen. John Stark 1809)
To: Peter J. Huss
Because is
this where you live?
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:07:29 AM PST
by
McGruff
To: Peter J. Huss
I use my real nick-name.
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:07:35 AM PST
by
FITZ
To: Peter J. Huss
You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me RayJay, or you can call me RJ, or you can call me RJJ or you can call me RJJ Jr., but you doesn't have to call me Johnson!
To: Peter J. Huss
My Freepname is a statement of my beliefs. (Go to my page to see where it comes from.)
When I first started on FR, it was right after the Clinton administration was in office, and I was working on a government contract. A contract employee can be terminated by the contractor at the pleasure of the government. (At least one person from my office was fired because he went mano-a-mano with a US senator on a public forum.)
Additionally, there are nutcases and stalkers that can make your life miserable if they know where you live.
I now work for a major aerospace contractor that *hates* adverse publicity about its employees. So again, having a freepname saves them from potential embarrassment, and me from looking for another job.
My two cents.
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:09:34 AM PST
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: Elvis Archibald Shaka Zulu
My husband and I tried to understand, but he did actually send death threats. More than one. It got to the point of scary. He got back into Free Republic and posted a comment on this thread. He is a very smart man. Crazy yes, dumb no. That's what scared me.
To: hellinahandcart; Tijeras_Slim; dighton
I'd never use my own name here.
It's uncommon enough that that someone could find me quite easily using a Google search.
Just for the heck of it, I tried it and only got 68 hits.
Besides, "Constitution Day" would be a funny name to have to explain to people.
To: Peter J. Huss
It depends on who you are and what you do.
What I do ... well, my daughter calls me a "Ho" but my career would suffer if I were known to be a political activist even in such a simple thing as posting on Free Republic. (that, of course, would be the case if I were a leftwing activist.)
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:10:52 AM PST
by
altura
(Sometimes the ground rises up to meet me, but I DON'T FALL DOWN.)
To: Peter J. Huss
I do, my real name is Holdmuhbeer. Really it is!
To: McGruff
That is scary. I don't worry. Friends and family can't even find our house WITH DIRECTIONS!
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:11:06 AM PST
by
fawn796
To: brbethke
With you...yes.
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:12:10 AM PST
by
Solson
(Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. - Von Goethe)
To: looscnnn
I would have said "Let them have it, I am tired of it and it is no good anymore. Time for a new one." Hmmmmm, I think I would like to have James Bond's identity. Lots of women, fun toys, lots of travel and lots of action. Yes...:-) My wife and I often joke that it might be nice to have someone steal our identity. That way, we can have a clean start on things, by being someone else. Ditto on James Bond!
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:12:59 AM PST
by
Types_with_Fist
("You'll never get the pass code Eric!")
To: Peter J. Huss
I do.
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