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Why are "Anonymous Cowards" anonymous cowards?

 
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12858 Visitors Today

How many of them are registered?

just curious.
Sense and Sensibility  (OP)

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Can any of you ACs please tell me/us why you prefer to post anonymously rather than registering and choosing a suitable identifying avatar which would make debate on this forum far more cohesive.




All you registered users have an image thingy to live up too

You create a persona and become trapped into a mould,keeping strictly within the conventional boundaries of outrageousness and lunacy,thereby limiting yourselves.....lest you are denounced by the rest of the herd

Being AC allows a much greater freedom of expression because we`re not tied to the accepted lunatic "norms"
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The only things that we who use a moniker or AV need to live up to are our beliefs and our philosophy and, contrary to the way you see things, this is in no way a "limitation" but rather an "ethical obligation" to stand by our views.

What ACs have is the liberty to chop and change their stance depending on which way the wind is blowing. If you are so unsure of yourself, then by all means remain an AC.

N.B. I'm not suggesting that you all do this but I'm sure that many ACs do.
"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root" -
Henry D. Thoreau
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09/02/2006 06:32 AM
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Says 13050 now.

Do you really think 192 people have came here in 4 minutes? lol

Pay attention to the numbers, they jump around like mad. Page views, visitors to online now.

12858 Visitors Today

How many of them are registered?

just curious.
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13120

Last 45 seconds. : p
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Heh. Point taken S&S.

I don't roll that way. Heck I been tracking this site for months and posted for the first time about 20 mins ago.

This site is fertile ground for flip floppers, whackos, woo woos, and lunatics.

Better they stay anonymous most the time anyways eh?

There's still room for the regulars to commune here. The difference between AC's and members shouldn't matter that much, should it?

You're going to stick with your opinions anyway...
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The only things that we who use a moniker or AV need to live up to are our beliefs and our philosophy and, contrary to the way you see things, this is in no way a "limitation" but rather an "ethical obligation" to stand by our views.

What ACs have is the liberty to chop and change their stance depending on which way the wind is blowing. If you are so unsure of yourself, then by all means remain an AC.

N.B. I'm not suggesting that you all do this but I'm sure that many ACs do.
 Quoting: Sense and Sensibility



From your very first sentence you ally yourself to a club mentality....a "we" etc....speak solely as an individual and as you`ve said the limitation is placed by ethical obligation to adhere to a percieved image

let`s take your pic....very pretty and an image of "respectability".....and therein lies the problem ...it is just an "image" and nothing akin to the truth....people will identify and ally themselves with you purely because of this


Unsure ? not at all,just an unwillingness to be bracketed

most importantly it`s just a website forum where anything can be said by anyone at any time,regardless of truth and not to be taken too seriously
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I'm on the luncatic side. 5a
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quit readin' all the threads 134193!

I'm trying to keep up but you keep on....

ah nevermind.
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but when I see your Av I know exactly where you (as a "cyber-person") stand on most issues and therein lies the difference.




Exactly !

The image thing to live up too

and what if you happen to disagree with what is said ?

or take an immediate dislike to an avatar ?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 127212

It's not the image that you have to live up to, it's your thoughts, your philosophy etc. etc . And if you disagree with what is being said, then have the guts to stand up and say so.

If you're so shallow as to take and immediate disliking of an AV then I give up because no matter what I say, it'll make no sense to you. (Sorry, no offence meant, but that last question of yours doesn't deserve an answer.)
"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root" -
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They woudl do the same on Avi's, seen them do so many times. Shit, seen it in real life many times.

People are, well, sheep and want to please the immediate group they're in usually.


What ACs have is the liberty to chop and change their stance depending on which way the wind is blowing. If you are so unsure of yourself, then by all means remain an AC.

N.B. I'm not suggesting that you all do this but I'm sure that many ACs do.
 Quoting: Sense and Sensibility
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They woudl do the same on Avi's, seen them do so many times. Shit, seen it in real life many times.

People are, well, sheep and want to please the immediate group they're in usually.

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I want to pleeeeease you. rolleyes
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No need to be sarcastic, you know what I said is true. If you do disagree, then you are one of them. : p

They woudl do the same on Avi's, seen them do so many times. Shit, seen it in real life many times.

People are, well, sheep and want to please the immediate group they're in usually.



I want to pleeeeease you. rolleyes
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No need to be sarcastic, you know what I said is true. If you do disagree, then you are one of them. : p

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1dunno1 I was being silly.
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Me too goober. lol Look at the tongue. : p



I thought it to be ironic in what I said prior, then the 'if you disagree' part. hehe Myself, I don't care if people agree/disagree with me, I'm still me. : )
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09/02/2006 06:48 AM
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Perhaps you have to live up to being an anonymous coward. Think of it more as a fancy dress party. And you came in a suit.
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Hey calling me goober isn't nice. naughty

Yes you're right. pick
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but when I see your Av I know exactly where you (as a "cyber-person") stand on most issues and therein lies the difference.




Exactly !

The image thing to live up too

and what if you happen to disagree with what is said ?

or take an immediate dislike to an avatar ?

It's not the image that you have to live up to, it's your thoughts, your philosophy etc. etc . And if you disagree with what is being said, then have the guts to stand up and say so.

If you're so shallow as to take and immediate disliking of an AV then I give up because no matter what I say, it'll make no sense to you. (Sorry, no offence meant, but that last question of yours doesn't deserve an answer.)
 Quoting: Sense and Sensibility




I think you`ve said what really needs to be said in relation to the mindset and mentality of the likes of yourself when you react so vehemently and give yourself an air of aloofness SOLELY for the benefit of other with avatars so you`re seen to be taking a stance on club membership




.....you`re hiding behind something that is UNREAL....you`re playing games


You are in effect upholding an aparteid with regard to AC


you`re in reality an ugly fucker of no consequence who attempts to make himself a life albeit in cyber world as life in the real world is jus` too damn painful fo` ya`
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It's nice when I say it. : )


(I don't know how, it just is!)



Hey calling me goober isn't nice. naughty

Yes you're right. pick
 Quoting: Liebe x Doll



hiding
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We do not want to get with the program.
And also we like to play at pirates, Har Dee Har Dee Har, scallywags! threadhi
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Being an AC, I also get to say things like "I'll show you mine if you show me yours"


Of course I'm talking avout Avitars.

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Only the AC`s are true anarchists


LOTS of the reggies are poseurs
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Online as in real life, it's the same.

Once you create an identity you are catagorized by others by the identity you present.

If you happen to stray from your preconcieved identity, then you are thought to be "out of your mind", and are held accountable for your digression.

I don't self-censor myself to fit an "identity" cause frankly I don't give a fuck what people think, or what they think I should be. My thought patterns change everyday, and I believe that "identity" or the self is something fluid and not set in stone.

I understand that not everybody recognizes this, but I think it's true for everyone. Perhaps anynomity provides some sort of freedom for some people to express thoughts that are not bound to the chains of "identity".

There is a definite heirarchy at work here as there is anywhere, but we need everybody's input, that's what so great about the internet and our right to free speech. I will defend OP's questions, not because she? is registered but because I don't think she? was trying to be derisive of AC's.

Just my two cents.
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AC 138559 If we were in a bar having this conversation you'd be wearing a bin bag?
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What if you are a member, and don't log in?

or don't put nli after your 'user name'?

are you an AC then....

Or just feckun LAZY.

just a thought.
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AC 138559 If we were in a bar having this conversation you'd be wearing a bin bag?
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if 6 were 9 eh ?
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AC 138559 If we were in a bar having this conversation you'd be wearing a bin bag?
 Quoting: By Jupiter 138556


No, I would be the loud fucker wearing a pirate hat.
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"and I believe that "identity" or the self is something fluid and not set in stone."

I'm tracking with you there Octo....

you squirmy squishy sneaky creature...

(or is that just your avatar)
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AC 138559. Great...mind if I call you Pirate?
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AC 138559. Great...mind if I call you Pirate?
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Call me what you like, pirate is good to start with.





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