So my thought is no restrictions on posting. If a person wants to make a comment/statement then allow them to do so freely.

If a site promotes hate then do not go back. THE SITE ITSELF IS RESPONSABLE FOR CONTEXT. Do not make posters open to public info because the poster agrees/disagrees with the site.

Freedom will find freedon fighters. Hate will find haters.

signed,

Rick Ellensburg

Exit question one: This is a transparent ploy by Couch to get a shot on the O’Reilly Factor, right? Exit question two: Legal issues aside, how much would a rule like this improve the quality of blog comments? 200-300%, maybe? Exit question three: How many of you would refuse to comment anymore if it went into effect? Be honest.

1. My money says he’s on by the end of the week.

2. Depends on what you mean by “improve.” My thought is it wouldn’t improve comments much.

3. Moderated chat rooms, anyone?

Kralizec on March 10, 2008 at 8:28 PM

Platonize? I have read a lot of Plato, due to my interest in Philology but I cannot say that I ever heard of that term before so I looked it up in a google search. It stated something along the lines of “to study Plato or to philosophize like Plato.” You could say that I am doing that right now since I am obsessed with terminology. That is part of the reason why many do not bother with Philosophy. Many say that philosophy is the useless act of mincing words and they would appear right. It takes a long time to read all of Plato’s dialogues. Philosophy is past time, I guess similar to baseball for others.

And I am immortal.

They can have my identity when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.

Exit question three: How many of you would refuse to comment anymore if it went into effect? Be honest.

If I had to open myself up to persecution for my beliefs and especially my unbeliefs, then I would either platonize or not comment at all. For anyone who wants to know what platonizing is, I just provided an example.

More socialist dogma from the LEFT.
cdn.infidel on March 10, 2008 at 4:08 PM

Follow the link homey, it’s a Republican.

Sure I’d still comment. But I’d be more reserved and..nuanced.
Besides, as someone else already said, if someone wants to find you it’s not really all that hard as it is.

This cannot be constitutional. Of course online is the easiest to conceal identity without gross governmental overstep because most do not draw a paycheck on it. What I don’t get is why the fuss? We have no power, we make no profits, and most of our comments as a collective group are worth the price of admission…nothing. Most people hate politics, they are not going to be interested in these sites. Instead of bitching and moaning to our friends and family, who deserve to be spared our incessant ramblings, we should be allowed one place that we can be a tree in the woods and let out some tension. We have been harmless for eternity, so what’s the big deal? The supply of alternative ideas, besides the traditional boolean we face every two years at least, cannot be influential any time soon because the current situation is really a result of the noticeable low demand, among other factors. Making mountains out of molehills they are.

- The Cat

P.S. I don’t have any real fake I.D.s

P.P.S. Did I just say real fake?

I do have a habit of speaking my mind, but I try not to be disrespectful unless someone is blatantly rude. I’d never say something online that I wouldn’t say to your face (well, I might not say it because I’m intorverted and house-bound by choice, but not because it’s nasty). I have to admit I like reading trolls though. Some of them are downright entertaining.

John Janos Bradley

( my father changed our last name to Bradley when we escaped from “Hungary” because he wanted to ‘become American’ and he admired General Omar Bradley–he liked to say that Patton did the driving and bullsh+tting while Bradley did the thinking

I was gonna have an internet name of ‘fighting vehicle’ but that was obtuse

None of their damned business what I do.

How many of you would refuse to comment anymore if it went into effect? Be honest.

I’d be one.

Sorry, I like getting a paycheck a bit too much. Yes, my current employer can track by internet access, but nobody does. But google before an interview? I bet they did, I’d be a bit surprised to find a tech company that doesn’t.

Heck, I get a new yahoo/hotmail/g-mail address with a different (but plausible) moniker just to have a clear (empty) google history when I put an e-mail on my resume.

On the other hand, I’m hardly “anonymous”. I’ve not run into scores of people using my online moniker. I’ve run into three other people who have the same first and last name as me (online people, but people).

Then I would be subject to google, and tied not only to my actions, but the actions of those other guys who happen to share my first/last name.

Whereas now, if you take my “name” here and google it, over 90% of the hits are me. Yes, I play (or played) several MMORPG’s online. Yes I’ve commented at some odd sites (and some expected ones). Yes, I’m pretty much always this cynical and sarcastic.

So it would make me less uniquely identifiable, and still be bad for privacy. The worst of both worlds.

How many of you would refuse to comment anymore if it went into effect? Be honest.

In terms of politeness and respect to others, I try hard never to make any comment that I couldn’t hold my head up about if my name were here. In terms of privacy, howevah, no, I wouldn’t comment if my name were used. There are a loootttt of anti-Catholic pro-choice Democrat wackjobs out there. And I’m really, really looking forward to going to Heaven. Just not planning to go today.

Tom

1. Yes.

2. It wouldn’t make comments better for many. However, commenters that are philologists, the few that exist, would be churning out beautiful comments with or without registration, but they would be inclined to do so more often if there was registration. Also I like to know what people really think. Some people whine about trolls, but if you see racist, sexist, or idiotic comments it at least lets you know what kinds of irrational thought exists and the potential frequency of said behavior, scrolling down isn’t going to kill me.

3. No I wouldn’t comment anymore. I’d take a hint from my better half and study to be a philologist, since I should say that I would have more time on my hands. Then I would probably supply my services to the few that want them, especially if the outcry against registration is nonexistent.

How many of you would refuse to comment anymore if it went into effect? Be honest.

Me, for one. But on the other hand, I could register under a fake identity. Hmmmmmmm, the possibilities are endless.

I would still post, as I’m willing to say the same things in person, as I do on the web…

Part of the Rights problem right now is the cowardice I’m seeing exhibited on this site. You’ve been intimidated by leftards and will no longer stand up in public to them, and so THEY control the discusion. I think you’d find there are actualy more of us, than them, if we bothered to speak up… but right now they are driving the agenda through shear intimidation and volume.

On the other hand, I think this should go hand in hand with a Law saying there can be no more MSM stories attributed to “anonymous sources” or “governemnt sources”… no name, can’t print it…

Whistleblower laws are already on the books… lets use em folks.