Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
While there are admittedly folks all over the internet using pseudonyms and providing false backgrounds, the position here is take posters at face value.
People aren't using their real names or they use pseudonyms? Where? Oh wait that would be me....

Obscured identities do serve the purpose of allowing people to be more truthful even if the anonymity is not as deep as they expect. You have awesome advice Mr. White that promotes understanding. I prefer to have my assumptions challenged through the mediation of the Internet rather than find them flawed on the battle field (metaphorically of course since I'm scared of conflict). Courtesy in debate regardless of the topic engenders reason even in the face of abject ignorance. One of the things I've respected and honored about SWC is the clarity of reason and purpose that professionals in the art of arms bring to the scholarship of conflict.