Adrian Graham wrote:
I've been 'witchy' or 'witchfinder' since about that time too, I mean
you
never used your real name on USENET did you :) 
maybe I'm old school, but "back in the day" everyone did use their
real name on usenet.  Worst case they used their three letter unix
login (like "dmr at alice.uucp" :-)
So everyone did know who everyone was.  Hiding was considered bogus.
I realize that now days everything is different.  But since everyone else
is commenting, I'll say sympathize with Al.
(and note that a little bit of "r" restraint goes a long way...)
-brad