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Life is ok.

Becky has been here again, and very very lovely it is too. I am much happier for having seen her as always :) I do however need sleep after a certain someone kept me up all last night :p

But but Becky made me breakfast in bed :D

(She's so sweet)

Uhm, there is a weird war film on tv.

I have no money :( Having to pay two lots of rent out of a single pay packet hurts lots. I think I have a fiver until thursday, and have to hope nothing comes out of my account. *sigh*

I was upset by that anonymous troll replying to my last post. Ok so (s)he was obviously a spineless arsehole afraid to put a name to their opinions, but things like that do still hurt a little.. *shrug* I don't want to make my journal limited to LJ users just yet, but I guess I'll have to eventually if this keeps on. (As an aside, what kind of person from the UK calls someone a 'tool'? I mean, really)

Um, that's it. :)

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Indeed, face value is the true, immediately apparent value of something. The first thing any reader would see would be would be 'Anonymous'. I would say that immediately sets the value of your comments.

Evidently we disagree on what value anonymous postings have - I have already answered your points, but because you were not prepared to accept the answers, you accuse me of failing to answer. No wonder this is becoming circular. So, for your benefit, I will answer them again, more verbosely.

Why is someone who posts anonymously a coward?
Because it indicates that they do not have the courage to stand by their views in public, but rather can only snipe from the safety of anonymity. In fact, the 'other poster' made my point for me, upon saying they didn't want their views to "make [them] an outcast". That strikes me as cowardly. Perhaps it does not to you, but as always, I post here for other people to make up their own mind about me.

Why is what someone who posts anonymously 'good for a laugh'?
Because there is no other decent response to it. In fact, very little has been alleged against me here, but vague hand-waving and the subtext I am a 'bad person'. Well so be it. Once again, I think the people reading this have the intelligence to make up their own minds based on the evidence available - except of course, in this case, I believe no evidence has been offered - just vague hand-waving. That is what I describe as 'good for a laugh'. It is a sort of playground name-calling, done from the safety of anonymity.

Why is someone who posts anonymously not taken seriously?
What right do they have to be taken seriously? I go to great lengths to be transparent about my life. People can, as I keep pointing out, contact me at any point to ask me for clarification of what I say or what I think about someone or something. Someone who posts anonymously is not prepared to do that. They enjoy the power they get posting anonymously, not having to take any responsibility for their own views or comments.

Why is what someone who posts anonymously says deemed invalid?
See above. It indicates a lack of belief or of being prepared to take responsibility for their comments.

You claim that I'd have an agenda if I didn't leave my name.
I claimed that everyone has an agenda. I have an agenda both in replying to this post, and writing this journal in the first place. You clearly have an agenda in commenting, because otherwise you wouldn't comment. So yes, you have an agenda whether or not you leave your name - but the fact you didn't gives a strong indication of what that agenda might be. Again, I'm prepared to let the people reading this make up their own minds. (That is, if anyone still cares)

Why? Just because I've not said how wonderful you are doesn't mean I have an agenda. I have no agenda, I don't know you from Adam, I am making a point.
Then you have an agenda. Simple. You clearly do know me from Adam, if you read my journal. Of course, the other possibility is you were brought in by the 'other poster' as backup. Perhaps I do not know you, but you know plenty about me from what I post here. That indeed is a secondary intention of this journal - the first being a space for me to record my thoughts and feelings. Please don't be disingenuous about this. You yourself identify interests of mine, so please don't claim you are coming from some 'blank slate'. You aren't.

Why if someone has a journal and gives you their name and Email address, do they stop being
cowardly?
Because they allow themselves to be challenged about their views, and show themselves to have the confidence to stand by the words they write. As I said, these anonymous comments are the LJ equivalent of graffiti. Like someone running into a cinema, shouting "fire!" and running away again into the night.