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I can be known here by my posts, where I don't worry
too much about revealing personal information, because I enjoy making friends in the community, and you have to share of yourself, if you want to make friends. I may have came for the research, sure, but I think I've stayed for the community. I lurked for quite a while before signing up.
OTOH, I do keep personally identifying information out of my posts. Because pairing the personal information with personally-identifiable information is
potentially risky, in the long term. Because you can never take it back. No I'm not special or deluded into thinking I'm so important, but... take the
What if Danny Casaloro asked you for help? thread, for example:
I'd like to think I'd help him, really, and the more unknown I am to whatever potential enemies there are, the better. I could be more helpful if I'm not a transparent entity online, I think.
In the flesh, I'm usually the one in a mask or covering my face whenever I'm at a protest gathering, and people always razz me about that. It's for the same reason. I've seen the goons out taking pictures of people, gathering intel. Sure they can find out who I am but that's no reason to make it easy
Of course the personal information is more dangerous, when and if it were paired with my identity, because it gives a portrait of my mind. But I don't see any way around that, short of making up an identity and going with that. Which I haven't, because I like the people here, and I don't wish to lie to them.
So, if you searched my posts you'd find out:
I'm a thirty-nothing mostly self-employed male, recently married, not in the greatest health, recently moved to Portland from Chicago. I make websites and play online role-playing games, and I build them too as a hobby. (Yeah, I know that might sound suspicious here, but I assure you I am able to separate reality from fantasy, and I don't play ARGs). I spend
far too much time online, and I believe pursuing knowledge for its own sake is a worthwhile occupation.
I grew up where there
may have been some mind control stuff on the periphery, my dad was a member of a christian identity cult, and I remember spending summers being indoctrinated with apocalyptic sermons, racist diatribe and bible studies, as well as watching endless videos and hanging around the 'chapel' - but fortunately my mom kept custody of me when my parents divorced and my exposure to it was fairly minimal. I say 'may' because the cult was pretty weird and I was young and not looking for such things, but reading stuff on RI has opened my eyes to the possibility there may have been more to the cult than I saw at the time. At this stage I'm not investigating it because it is kind of painful - my father went batshit insane with this stuff, and I'm disowned by him and have nothing to do with him (the feeling is mutual).
I mostly had rejected the conspiratorial worldview, along with the trash the christian identity cult and my father was peddling, until, well, September 11th.
I chose the name §ê¢rꆧ because I hoped to learn secrets, hidden history and the lore of conspiracies. And I have, but the more I learn it seems the less I know for certain.
I am open to sharing more personally-identifiable information with some members on a case-by-case basis, hell I ordered Jeff's book to my house.
If you need web or graphic design please consider sending me a PM, I will work cheaply and give you my best (especially if you don't send me an i rs form 1099
), because I am a poor landless peasant and could use the work, and I've been at it for about 9 years and am pretty good.
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An aside: I'm sorry I suggested you were prof. pan, zap. I don't normally throw such things out, but I had a strong hunch, based on how you showed up and 3/4 of your posts were about sock puppets, and the way you launched the attack on HMW, like someone with a history. Of course later I read there was some history, the teapot story, and I suppose that could account for your vitriol. You know they say you can learn more about someone by the insults they choose to sling. I ask you this, on the sanctity of your username (really all we have here), do you employ sock puppets yourself, or do you have another username on RI?
by lightningBugout » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:05 am 
