Subj : Echo Rules
To   : Randall Schad
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Fri Sep 20 2024 10:02 pm

Hello Randall,

 LL>> Courts have ruled Germans must be allowed to sign up under
 LL>> pseudonyms to comply with privacy law. Google has also done
 LL>> the same, and apologized to users, stating "There are no
 LL>> more restrictions on what name you can use."

 RS> Just out of curiosity, where does that end?

It is a never-ending story.

 RS> Library card? Driving license? Doctor's office?

Everybody needs a name. So we are given one. At birth.
Usually two or three. All at the same time. This a freebie.
The one and only time we get something for nothing.

Some places allow us to change that something for something
else. But only one time. Usually by taking somebody else's name
- with or without their permission.

We get to use that name for anything we want. And we do not
need to ask for anybody else's permission to use it. Isn't that
neat? So we get to get lots of other free stuff - just for the
asking - by filling out a few simple forms.

This name calling thing can be habit forming. So habit forming
it has led to mankind's greatest invention since the wheel, known
as bureaucracy.

 RS> Can you just invent new personas at will for everything?

Of course. I think Paul Simon sang it best -

I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me
You can call me Al

If you'd be my bodyguard,
I can be your long-lost pal
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me
You can call me, call me

Na-na na-na, na-na na-na
Na na-na na na, na na-na na na.
Na na-na na na, na na-na na na.
Na-na na-na, na-na na-na.

If you'll be my bodyguard (Ooh)
I can call you Betty (Ooh)
If you'll be my bodyguard
I can call you Betty
If you'll be my bodyguard

For Life,
Mr Beer Belly

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