Doug McAdam wrote: >I told you I was new at this game and I'm sure glad to find someone with >the smarts to help me out.
For what its worth, I guess I'm one of those naive people like Doug. For instance I subscribe to a freedivelist with about 600 members worldwide, and our rules actually require that we sign with our name and place of residence. Not street address, but city and country. The rationale of the list founder is that it helps create a sense of community rather than the usual anonymity that exists on the internet, and it seems to work. I frequently sign with not only my city of residence, but my phone and fax numbers. Sometimes, just to be overcompliant and because I'm a wiseass, I include the latitude and longitude of my house. So far, I have had no adverse effects that I am aware of, and I have had many happy diving encounters with people from all over the world who interpreted my openness as an invitation to get in touch with me and see if I would take them out on the boat when they visited the area. I suppose that someone could seek out my house and try to attack my wife or daughter as Chris selected, but I wonder why that person would decide that my wife and daughter were better targets than the ones living in any other house selected at random. What in my sig line even suggests that I have a wife and daughter, much less say something about their attractiveness? Maybe I'm too trusting and living on borrowed time, but I prefer to avoid hiding. When my identity gets stolen next week, I'll get back to you :-) Bill McIntyre San Clemente, CA ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
