Arindam Mukherjee wrote:
I am a little flummoxed at the amount of tension this has generated. I would really not care how your email address is spelt as long as what you write in the subject and body of your email does not offend me and does not violate the rules of the list. [...]
Cory Nelson wrote:
The guy's handle had Satan in the name. That's all. Argue for people using their real names if you want, but discussion of satanism or religion of any kind was never there to begin with.
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I agree with the above two reactions. In my opinion, it doesn't matter what your email address looks like as long as your real name appears in the "From:" field. Vladimir Prus and Hal Finkel pointed out good reasons why the real name should be included. If somebody in the list happens to be a satanist (or a christian, a vegetarian or a postal service employee) I don't think they have to take special effort or change their habits in order to hide that fact. Apart from that: I never expected my first post to this list would have anything to do with satanism! -Julian