Behind A Mask

["I.L. Eberhart" <eberhart@xxxxxxx>]

"Bernard M. Walters" <bmwhunt@domain.elided> AKA John Huntoon wrote:
>Subject: B.M. Walters' Dr. Jeckyll

>Yeah, one of you guys out there is one heck of a detective. A real 
>Barney Fife. Now put that bullet back in your pocket. I've called myself 
>Bernard M. Walters (BMW for the slow-witted) for the only past 2 or 3 
>weeks, but for about 30 years prior to that, I've been known as John 
>Huntoon. You want a phone number or address? I don't think so.

>I don't feel the use of an alias (I use them all day in Unix) makes 
>anyone a coward, but more lends an amount of privacy. Think what you 
>want about me, but my comments still convey an honest opinion.

>BW aka JH

>BTW comments to me (from non-bubbas) about my posts ran 5 to 1 in 
>agreement with me. Have fun boys and girls.

John, 5 to 1 in agreement with you? I'd say not. Not unless you received
3000+ e-mails.
See, if a guy was walkin' around with a mask on (like using an alias)
giving his opinion, I would just ignore him, and I bet that's the way most
of the digest thought of your post. Come on, there ain't that many
slow-witted digesters. Once I saw that you didn't post from a real e-mail
account, and were clearly using an alias, I completely discounted your post
and ignored it. But now that you've had the mask removed, IMHO it IS
cowardly to voice an opinion behind a cloak. This is America, you have the
right to your opinion, right or wrong. I always believed that a mature man
is willing to live for what he believes in, and sign his name on the dotted
line. Again, unless you received at least 2000 e-mails in support, the
masses do not condone your methods or opinions, so don't go thinkin' what
you did is OK. Of course, this is only my humble opinion, I do not speak
for 5 out of 6 digesters.

Happy Holidays to all,

Irwin "Chip" Eberhart
319 E. 87th St.
Chicago, IL. 60619
312.250.6063

BMW CCA# 144492
Public Bubba

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