----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Armstrong <eric.armstrong@sun.com>
To: <unrev-II@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [unrev-II] Rhetoric, authorship, and anonymity
> Jack Park wrote:
>
> > *Alias* is just another way of remaining anonymous if you choose not
> > to reveal your identity.
>
> But with the ability to put deposits into a "credibility account"
Exactly. Well put.
> without deficits to
> other accounts one may have in other arenas.
[adding]
... no matter how capable one might be in those other areas.
Interesting point. Yep, Americans distrust polymaths. Merely
"over-publishing" can make you look like "just a writer" instead
of a *real* expert. (Americans have trouble wrapping their mind
around someone like Paderewski. I mean: Prime Minister
Paderewski, *and* a peerless pianist? Naw, can't be. Musta
been a lousy pianist....)
N.
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