Oh, I'm sure we have different lives and, as I said in my last paragraph, if you wish to use an alias that should be your choice, but I think there is a significant general case to be made for the use of real names as much as possible.

‘morning Craig,

My anonymity on this forum was blown long ago by a particularly resourceful blogger who found my articles on other forums, under differing aliases and published my full bio.

That personal information was used to abuse and vilify by the PC left, not that it bothered me and I retained all my previous aliases however, given that so many high profile personalities of the left seem to set the trend, its not surprising that the lowlife stoop even lower.

Who can forget the infamous threat from Greenpeace's Gene Hasmi? “We know who you are. We know where you live. We know where you work. And we be many, but you be few.”

But was this a one-off, right? The evidence is suggesting otherwise. The comments thread to a particularly sick Guardian post, was adorned with a photo of a severed head!

Real names are used as both topic distractions and material for abuse.

“Cowards Castle”? You are kidding aren’t you?

No, I'm not kidding, spindoc.

Seriously, you think the risk of being abused by raving nutters is a genuine reason to hide behind a wall of anonymity?

What a great example of the best of Australian values...

‘morning Craig,

Oh dear, what have we here? Scratch a little enamel coating off and all is revealed.

So the fearless Craig is an open book and anyone that does not follow suit is a what? Oh yes, a coward, and hiding behind a wall of anonymity is synonymous with what? Oh of course, lacking Australian values.

I think we all got that Craig.

Just wondering what it was that got you out from under that rock? Was it the reference to “abuse and vilification by the PC left”, or that the published comments from Greenpeace and the Guardian struck a defensive nerve?

Me, to R0bert:" if you wish to use an alias that should be your choice, but I think there is a significant general case to be made for the use of real names as much as possible."

spindoc to me:"So the fearless Craig is an open book and anyone that does not follow suit is a what? Oh yes, a coward, and hiding behind a wall of anonymity is synonymous with what? Oh of course, lacking Australian values"

Thank you for the eloquent demonstration of the art of anonymous nutterism, spindoc.

To be anonymous is necessary if we are to criticize nutters in the community.