Reply To: Why not use your real name?

Moderator: apologies, I didn’t know that link was forbidden. I’ll take some time to read the rules. Let me clarify what I was saying, for the others: suggesting that I am a ‘chareidi-basher’ is laughable. I was referring to a way for others to see this by themselves.

akuperma: it is exactly as you say. People who engage in serious discussions, where insults and taunts have no place, have no reason to fear using their real names.

In fact, I feel that if the internet did not offer the anonimity which it unfortunately does offer, many more rabbonim/poskim would be more willing to allow its usage than is currently the case. The danger of the internet is that you can do anything you want, and nobody will ever know. Eliminate that danger, and people won’t do stupid things, fearing the consequences. Imagine a list of the websites one visits would be posted in shul every week. (I might add that in my regular shuls, I’m probably just about the only one with internet access – but in America, it might be an idea.)