a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes: > In article <87hc0iltal....@benfinney.id.au>, > Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > >A rough working definition [of “real name”]: The name you would use > >to introduce yourself if you met me for the first time in a similar > >context but face to face. > > That's fine by me, but unless you know for sure that any particular > person does not introduce zirself that way, I think that your > parenthetical that I took exception to is phrased too strongly.
Understood. In this case, I *am* sure (enough to make the assumption publicly) that the poster is not using their real name in their ‘From’ field, and was — politely, I hope — requesting that to be rectified. -- \ “Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to | `\ trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule — and | _o__) both commonly succeed, and are right.” —Henry L. Mencken | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
