Charles W. Lund wrote:
...
First, let's clear the air by telling everyone that you name is
not Bob
Dancer. ...
Of course, you're not alone in the false name business so you can
probably hold your head high when you are with ... and a few
others.
I have no doubt all of the above individuals believe (and will
claim) they have some terrific reasons for the deception they are
practicing. Maybe their vanity whispers that they will be
inundated by
their fans if they don't remain hidden. But I very seriously
doubt it.
>
Sincerely,Charles W. Lund (aka Charles W. Lund)
Charles,
I believe an author is entitled to some privacy in his or her
private life and pennames have had a long tradition among authors.
Unlike successful performers or business execs it is not financially
feasible for these individuals to have private security guards to
ensure their privacy (or public guards in the case of politicians).
Therefore I regret you "outing" their private identities. I only
wish I were ethical enough to ignore such gratuitous disclosures.
However, like many I relish information that I realize I should not
properly have, which I suppose is why "yellow journalism"
flourishes. In any case, I do not lightly suppose to judge others'
ethics.
David Richheimer
P.S. If were anyone were to "out" the identity of the new vpFree
administrator and this caused the demise of vpFree, an alias for such
"outer" would not be sufficient, but he or she better get out of
Dodge.