Larry Parr's parrot, Jr, pecked out:

"The guy has a long history of changing thread names in midstream and
of posting under phony screen names."

g4 replied:

"Am I the only one noticing the hypocrisy of an anonymouse
criticizing
the use of phony screen names?"


It makes no sense to accuse a parrot of hypocrisy; a parrot simply
hears, and without thinking, repeats the same sounds back. Here is a
classic example, for if I am not mistaken, the text above is virtually
a direct quote of Larry Parr, but without any attribution. Keep in
mind that a parrot cannot be convicted of plagiarism, copyright
violation, or stealing patents. In fact, the only crime I know of
which a bird can be convicted is carrying the avian flu (punishable by
death).

My take on Jr's post was not that he was being a hypocrite, but
rather I simply don't comprehend the meaning of the phrase "phony
screen name". Sure, someone who impersonates, say, Sam Sloan, could be
accused of posting under a phony name. But apart from this, what can
he possibly mean by "phony" in conjunction with "screen name"? A
screen name is, by definition, not a person's real name. For example,
Larry Parr posts under the screen name "parrthenon"; Phil Innes posts
under the screen name "Chess One"; Taylor Kingston, under "Xylothist"
(Oops!).
Is a "phony" screen name any screen name which is not the primary
screen name used by the poster in question? Who decides how many
different screen name are allowed, and by what authority? The very
concept falls flat on its face.


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