Re:Fake ID's

[Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

Nice one Douglas. I'm a former Cambridge kid myself (Chauncy Street between Mass
Ave and Garden Street). I remember first hearing about Patrick Ewing when he was a
14-years-old Jamaican immigrant and his HS coach at Cambridge Rindge & Latin was
the Johnnies' Mike Jarvis (the only black man I've ever seen with such a thick New
England accent).

One thing I've noticed, however, is that the IGTC.COM homepage gets automatically
spidered by the major search engines from time to time. If you try to do a search
of your own name or e-mail address in, say, Excite, don't be surprised if it calls
up a (usually dead) link to some wicked retarded opinion you may have posted many
months ago. So from a privacy and dignity standpoint, I can respect the right of
people who seek to disguise their true identity, if that's their thing.

But in the end we're talking about the Celtics list, not the "X-dressing Hitler
fan" list. Be proud. If you're into the NBA, then as far as I'm concerned you're
either a Boston Celtics fan or you wanna be.

Personally, I would only take issue with guys who hide smugly behind fake monikers
in order to flame people or say deliberately ridiculous things. Say what you want
about their specific views (that's what this Celts list is for), but I credit Greg
Ode, Mennino, Forant or McMaster for putting their names at the end of their often
strong opinions. I mean we were all raised by dad to stand up for ourselves.

So if anyone ever takes issue with one of my silly posts, you all know which
government building in Paris to bomb. One benefit of being raised in New England
is the right to make corny jokes.

Joe

*****

Douglas342@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/18/99 3:23:10 PM Central Standard Time, GMOdegaa@rmc.com
> writes:
>
> >  I have had
> >  it up to hear with this fake identity crap.
>    Greg makes a point here, and one to which I have given thought of late.
> But I hasten to point out that I am computer illiterate, and the reason why I
> have never posted my full name is that I have never figured out how to do one
> of those "internet signature" deals when here on AOL.  I have been Douglas342
> since the day I joined AOL.  Why that name?  The program "suggested" it and I,
> gullibly, said, "OK."
>     But I concur with him (although not to the same degree, I fear) about
> pseudonyms.  There is something comforting about knowing that he is Greg
> Odegaard, and Jim is Mennino, etc.  And I am often curious about who you
> people are in reality.  Why is Greg in Portland a Celtic fan?  And Warwick:
> what's a kid from Down Under doing as a Celts fanatic?  MG:  are you Ray?  Who
> are you all and why are you Celtic fans?
>     I thus sacrifice myself on the altar of disclosure. Douglas 342 is Doug
> Haigh, now living in Long Beach, California after spending the first 30 years
> of life in Cambridge, Mass.  I'm a Celtic fan because I grew up in Boston and
> my father took me to playoff games during the 60s.  I spend much of my day
> wearing a black robe in a family law (divorce) court.
>     So who are the rest of you?