[Warren Kiefer]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

ANY 12 year old could log into this forum and read what you just posted which has your name on it.

Eight years ago when our grandchildren were teens they logged in to this forum to see just what The Villages were all about when we said we were moving here and read my posts.

Kids know a LOT about US. Yes they do. There is also an Urban Dictionary readily available on the net.

My question here is why do so many people using TOTV use a fake name. Do they do this so it will be possible to hide from their comment ? I personally cannot think of any other reason.

[Cisco Kid]

Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer

My question here is why do so many people using TOTV use a fake name. Do they do this so it will be possible to hide from their comment ? I personally cannot think of any other reason.

Groupies

[PR1234]

Originally Posted by ureout

Gracie, I agree with you about informing our kids.....but things have changed as to what is politically correct.....I cant imagine anyone one in a business atmosphere with women employees having these pics hanging in their business......I would bet John Rohan wouldn't hang them in his office....for fear of a female employee complaining.....these pics are not what i would expect to see in a rec center in TV

I SO agree....these posters are waaay out of line and believe me I'm NO prude!!!

[graciegirl]

Kids must stay up late enough to see the commercials I do about painful intercourse and erectile dysfunction.

[PR1234]

....and I might ad, it has NOTHING to do with grandchildren. They are just plain and simply offensive to women. It IS 2015 folks!

[Wandatime]

Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer

My question here is why do so many people using TOTV use a fake name. Do they do this so it will be possible to hide from their comment ? I personally cannot think of any other reason.

It also could be fear of retribution. When I say fear of retribution I am not talking about an honest difference of opinion. I can cite hundreds of examples of people that used their real names on the internet and have been bullied, assaulted, raped and even murdered because a person could track them down through their name.

[Wandatime]

Originally Posted by PR1234

....and I might ad, it has NOTHING to do with grandchildren. They are just plain and simply offensive to women. It IS 2015 folks!

It is offensive to some women. I am not the least bit offended by them.

[perrjojo]

Originally Posted by PR1234

....and I might ad, it has NOTHING to do with grandchildren. They are just plain and simply offensive to women. It IS 2015 folks!

[spring_chicken]

Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer

My question here is why do so many people using TOTV use a fake name. Do they do this so it will be possible to hide from their comment ? I personally cannot think of any other reason.

Anyone with a decent amount of knowledge about the internet SHOULD prefer to remain anonymous. Here are a few excerpts from articles about internet anonymity:

"Anonymity is important to anyone who doesn't want every facet of their online life tied to a Google search of their name. It is important to anyone who is repulsed by the idea of an unrelenting data broker logging everything she has ever said, or shown interest in, in a permanent marketing profile."

"To suggest anonymity should be forbidden because of troll-noise is just as bad as suggesting a ban on protesting because the only demonstrators you have ever encountered are from the Westboro Baptist Church—the trolls of the picket world. People who say otherwise need to widen their experience and understanding of the online world. The online spaces we know and love would be doomed without anonymity, even if the security of that anonymity is far from absolute or impenetrable."

And let's not forget the ever present message board bullies. EVERY board has them, including this one. Personally, I don't care for them to have access to private details of my life.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Wandatime

It is offensive to some women. I am not the least bit offended by them.

I am not either. They are from another age and time. I am a redblooded American woman who is in a monogamous marriage to a red blooded man for 53 years,



I have always felt equal.

[spring_chicken]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I am not either. They are from another age and time. I am a redblooded American woman who is in a monogamous marriage to a red blooded man for 53 years,

He may be offended, (I doubt it) but I am not.

I have always felt equal.

Well said. I think women are more degraded by throwing the victim card around than by some silly sign.

[PR1234]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

Well said. I think women are more degraded by throwing the victim card around than by some silly sign.

Does anyone not remember the struggle for equality by women in this country???

[Walt.]

Originally Posted by PR1234

Does anyone not remember the struggle for equality by women in this country???

Yes... I remember them marching across the bridge at Selma. If I recall, their high heels kept getting caught in the grating...

[mulligan]

Maybe we could get an ACLU member to crawl out from under his/her rock and check in on this. There must be some fodder for federal legislation and a new enforcement agency.

[Dynsol]

Let the Purity police start!