A recent article from RealClearPolitics.com discussing the dangers of web anonymity and Internet privacy. It is a good read, and definitely a great discussion piece.
Just a few things about the article to touch on:
A major point made discusses the lack of civilized responses to article and such on the Internet due to being able to keep yourself anonymous, as opposed to writing a letter to the local newspaper, which would have your name and address associated with it. The article goes on to state that anonymity causes the user to act irresponsibly, and that a person, when being anonymous (they used the example of being in a crowd), "tend to act much less morally."
There is a lot more information and examples in the full article. It is a good read, but did not persuade me or convince me to change my views in any way.
I don't understand the connection between anonymity and Internet porn. Porn is not even mentioned in the article after the first few sentences. So because there is an abundance of porn on the Internet, posting anonymous comments is bad?
I also disagree with each being destructive. To who? Conservatives? Devout [insert religion here]? The only destructive thing I see is someone disagreeing with [my] views and suing [me] over it, or something else even more extreme than that. No thanks, I'm good...I will just stick to being anonymous and "destructive."
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