Re: The Lady speaks

["Dewayne Willis" <dewayne_willis@hotmail.com>]

A moniker, nickname whatever - isn't that your own freedom to choose to use 
or to use your own name if you want? What does it matter, its that persons 
choice. This is a damn celtics basketball list and Odegaard has been an 
asshole one too many times!


>From: "Rich Davies" <rich@daviesdesign.com>
>To: Celtics Newsgroup POST <celtics@igtc.com>
>CC: Gregory Odegaard <grodeg@kalama.com>
>Subject: Re: The Lady speaks
>Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 18:23:40 -0500
>
>I am also a "lurker", but I happen to agree with Greg. Certainly everyone 
>is
>entitled to speak freely what's on their mind. But credibility  and
>believability is, or at least should be, severely compromised when one
>chooses to hide behind a moniker. I agree that Greg can be a little rough
>sometimes, but if these people (or 'person' as the case may be) don't like
>it, then they can post using their real identity, having the courage to be
>associated with their own statements.
>
>Freedom of speech is not about being able to make an anonymous statement
>intended to muddy the water or inflame others; it's about having beliefs,
>thoughts and ideas and *not* hiding when you proclaim them.
>
>Rich D.
>
>----------
> >From: Gregory Odegaard <grodeg@kalama.com>
> >To: "celtics@igtc.com" <celtics@igtc.com>, LadyNada 
><ladynada@mediaone.net>,
>"'Dennis Bates'" <m_dennis@bates85.freeserve.co.uk>
> >Subject: RE: The Lady speaks
> >Date: Thu, Mar 2, 2000, 4:01 PM
> >
>
> > Thanks Dennis, but this is no Lady.  It is Way of the Ray, as is Snoopy 
>et
> > al.  Do you support free speech when the person doesn't even have the 
>guts
> > to identify themselves or talks out of at least half a dozen side of 
>their
> > face?  Most papers over here don't take anonymous letters to the editor,
> > because to speak your mind you must have the guts to identify yourself.
> > You do, I do and most do, and some don't for very valid security 
>reasons,
> > but when all these stupid monikers come from the same damn computer, 
>then
> > clearly we have a pure coward and bully.
> >
> > Speak your mind all you want, just be a man enough to do with YOUR name,
> > not some insulting tag line.  Sure I can appreciate your beef, but you
> > clearly don't have all the facts.  Check your files, this person has an
> > agenda that shames us all, and many agree with me.
> >
>

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