Yes, you are correct. However its not the ideas or the way they are written that takes courage and conviction. Its signing your name to them that does, Mr. Tech Talk.
It seems that the posts here represent the convictions (conviction: a firmly held belief or opinion) of the authors regardless of how they choose to identify themselves. So, let's address the courage that is required to post commentary here. What danger do you face, on the battlefield of this relatively obscure forum, that makes you feel
courageous in posting with some personal identity attached? The danger of disapproval? It appears that you disapprove of my free choice to post anonymously and if you feel that it lessens the weight of—or renders invalid—whatever I choose to post, you can ignore my comments or assign to them whatever weight you choose. You're not the first to raise the issue, it's been thrown out as an attack on the credibility of my commentary before—as a way to dodge the substance of the arguments presented and generally when substantive or convincing counterarguments appear to be lacking or difficult to muster. Were some attempt made to
link the asserted attack on
my character to the content of the commentary I've made, I'd be happy to address it—but I've yet to see it.
I've expressed, on a few occasions, the reasons for my personal preference to post with a pseudonym. Since you've never inquired as to why I choose not to provide personal information online, I presume that you're not interested and are simply raising the subject as a convenient line of attack instead of putting forth substantive counterargument to my posts or simply choosing to ignore them as having no validity due to the lack of a personally identifiable link to someone who may—
or may not—be who they claim to represent online. After all, it's the Wild West world of the internet and anyone can represent themself to be anyone they choose. A name, a weblink, a picture are all easily copied and pasted. I don't post here seeking personal attention or to bolster my ego regarding my courage. It's viewing the presentation of interesting information or well reasoned argument by some and the countering of misinformation and falsehoods pushed by others which represent any value to me in participating here.
In any event, congratulations on the exemplary courage you've shown in the battle of LuLa. Due to Covid restrictions, your medal can't be presented personally, but it's in the mail and should be arriving anytime.
Clean your weapons and load the magazines...
* Please don't display your beautifully cleaned weapons with their loaded magazines to the postman or he may fail to deliver your well earned medal for internet bravery. He may not have your courage.
