On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 23:24 +0700, Jeroen Vermeulen wrote:

> So all other issues aside, there _is_ a name-based mechanism that has
> the effect of keeping people honest.  Of course that doesn't help much
> with those who are dishonest to begin with, apart from the fact that
> they're still investing time just to accumulate negative credit.  No
> single thing that doesn't wipe out mankind is going to stop all of
> those, which is why I understand that people may not want to give their
> real names.  But names do help, and your real name is just an extreme
> case: it's the name you have the most invested in.
> 

First of all, thank you for your clear reasoning: I now feel more
comfortable on my own investment on my alias; those of us that would
rather stay under alias, I am sure, are glad.

I guess, then, the real question would be, borrowing from your argument:
do we really need the extreme case for everything, or almost everything?

--
..hggdh..
Nay, if thy wits run the wild-goose chase, I have done, for thou hast
more of the wild-goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my
whole five.

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