I remember the malicious posting well Roy, and was probably one of the few who read it before it was removed!
I would also like to agree with your last point...
"There's nothing wrong in admitting that you don't know something and asking for help. The dangerous people are those who pretend to know everything and then act on their supposed knowledge ! ! "
I do not have a pseudonim.. I didn't think that far ahead when I registered.. I just use my first name... most colleagues/friends know who I am, even though I do not publicise who I work for.
Ultimately we live in a free society so we should be able to refer to ourselves anyway we see fit. (Is screaming Lord Sutch a real name I wonder?) However even in a free society we are always accountable for our actions so slander/liable is still a prosecutable offence is it not?
I enjoy the banter and the tongue in cheek humour, but feel that the majority still do their work on a professional level even if we take the "Urine" out of one another.
And yes I have worked in Departments where certain people torment others who ask simple/dumb questions. So if these members want to ask away and not be identified so what? Beleive you me I have asked many a dumb question, and been laughed at. But what really makes me smile is when someone admits to me in private that they didn't know either?, so who is the bigger fool? The one who asks or the one who doesn't?
