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I'm not sure I agree.
What O'Reilly says is that these people have bad characters in the first place. The anonymity creates an environment that these people abuse. However, anonymity protects all of us from other wierdo's and guarantees freedom of speech since the consequences will not be faced (for good or for bad). If you remove anonymity then people doing serious blogging might face jail. The world can't have it both ways. Take away blogs you take away a way of expressing oneself. Take away guns and people cannot kill other people with a gun.
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I'm not sure I agree.  jsargent | 03/30/07
Exactly.  Cayble | 03/30/07
What a load of garbage  wizardb@... | 03/30/07
anonymity is part of everyday life  Voodoo187 | 03/30/07
Only true crimminals can post anonymously  SirLanse | 03/30/07
If a site is abusive, don't go....flawed argument  conspicuouschick | 03/31/07
Happens all the time.  mad tabby | 04/26/07
More Government Help?  ted@... | 03/30/07
Whose failures are these?  orangemike | 03/30/07
What a load of manure!  Too Old For IT | 03/30/07
miscreants versus mental illness  conspicuouschick | 03/31/07
Perhaps you had not noticed but....  BarryF@... | 03/30/07
Nothing wrong with gun owners as law enforcement  Dr_Zinj | 03/30/07
Addendum to above  Update victim | 03/30/07
food for thought...  conspicuouschick | 03/31/07
good idea, BUT....  rousley | 03/30/07
What is the internet coming to...  billsaunders@... | 03/30/07
First and Forth Admenment anyone?  jneilson | 03/30/07
Amendments....shemendmants! wink  mick.booth@... | 03/30/07
Heck, the ACLU  Too Old For IT | 03/30/07
Are you serious?  Azathoth | 03/30/07
Excellent!  afhavemann@... | 04/03/07
That's not "left-wing," just statist!  orangemike | 03/30/07
Posted too soon  johndoe445566 | 03/30/07
Good one.  Azathoth | 03/30/07
can't post on a Sunday happy  Voodoo187 | 03/30/07
Beware left-wing authoritarianism  phil wainewright ZDNet Moderator | 03/30/07
Anonymity isn't necessarily bad.  lassarina | 03/30/07
Just like Yahoo News Qannadda? They canned their...  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 03/30/07
where i "live", 17,000 draw govt paycheques...  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 03/30/07
Government Regulation... yea right!  bonafide49 | 03/30/07
Throw the good out with the bad?  CyberPerk | 03/30/07
OK, You First  borg1138 | 03/30/07
Full Disclosure Not the Answer  Dr_Zinj | 03/30/07
some valid points  conspicuouschick | 03/31/07
Fascist tendencies  wuweiwannabe@... | 03/30/07
Agree and disagree  rapson | 03/30/07
Andrew Keen's Socialist Blogger's Paradise  Too Old For IT | 03/30/07
And papers to...  mames1701 | 03/30/07
This can't be for real.  donniebnyc@... | 03/30/07
I partially agree  josephmartins | 03/30/07
That's a pretty weird joke ... you're kidding, right?  NotBornYesterday | 03/30/07
I still don't close my eyes when taking a shower  myty89@... | 03/30/07
Baloney  ZenaPrincess | 03/30/07
how about this  morwen | 03/30/07
The Poorest of the Poor....  Mr_Wizard | 03/30/07
The Real Solution is:  Michael Louis | 03/30/07
Wholesale Indictment  D. T. Schmitz | 03/30/07
Lets see...  reiknegt | 03/30/07
I understand your point but...  afhavemann@... | 03/30/07
No anonymity = No Federalist Papers  seale.terry@... | 03/30/07
Anonymity is a shield against tyrannical majorities  SoberDub | 03/30/07
Whistle blowers require anonymity  cmatrix | 03/30/07
WOW! I'm impressed  JayMonster | 03/30/07
literal garbage  vinayd@... | 03/30/07
Hmmm, and he doesn't post his email address  davetracer@... | 03/30/07
From Andrew's Site: Email me ak@aftertv.com  davetracer@... | 03/30/07
NRA?  mfeingersch@... | 03/30/07
Tim O'Reilly code...  aloise | 03/30/07
Tim O'Reilly code...  aloise | 03/30/07
A lot of people here are dead WRONG!!!  fiodoir_daibhi@... | 03/30/07
Well said...but one clarification  fiodoir_daibhi@... | 03/30/07
No Way, period  OKJoe | 03/30/07
anonymity must be  ggossett001 | 03/30/07
There's a Market for No-Anonyminity  bcroner | 03/30/07
Fools  john_galt@... | 03/30/07
Some people really need a lesson about the law.  pueblonative | 03/30/07
I would say that I respect your point...  MageOfChaos | 03/30/07
Yeah, right.  dave.leigh@... | 03/31/07
This is insane  hexstar@... | 03/31/07
Let Me See Your Papers!  RandyM55 | 04/01/07
I already use MY real name...  Jeff Hayes | 04/01/07
You're not supposed to spring an "April Fool" before April.  Resuna | 04/02/07
Government Woes?  johngtimms | 04/02/07
Freedom is a most precious thing.  smdunn | 04/02/07
Well that was about as long winded as  Linux User 147560 | 04/03/07
...the big picture?  smdunn | 04/04/07
No offense intended, but did you have a point?  MageOfChaos | 04/04/07
The Big picture and keypoint...  smdunn | 04/04/07
About Roy Moore:  MageOfChaos | 04/05/07
Play the ball, not the man...  smdunn | 04/07/07
Guns don't kill people  mad tabby | 04/26/07

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