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[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Lowly IAABO, on both the local level, and international level, consisting of mostly high school officials, has strongly urged us to stay off of social media. That's why I don't post under my real name. I'd like to post under my real name and location, I feel like a coward with no conviction hiding behind a fictitious pseudonym, but I'm a rule follower, not a rebel.

BillyMac from a little corner of Connecticut. If I gave you any more information, then I would have to kill you.

I switched to my real name so I that don't ever "hide behind the keyboard". It helps me in holding myself accountable and not posting anything I'm not willing to put my name behind.

I actually ran into a couple of Forum members this past weekend.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

I switched to my real name so I that don't ever "hide behind the keyboard". It helps me in holding myself accountable and not posting anything I'm not willing to put my name behind.

I fully understand and agree with your reasoning and wish I had the courage to do the same (true for all that post under their real name and location).

It doesn't take Dick Tracy to figure out who BillyMac, an IAABO member from a little corner of Connecticut really is, but it does give me some degree of plausible deniability and anonymity, at least enough to satisfy IAABO.

Anybody who private messages me on the Forum gets a full Monty reply. Wait? I'm being told ... Nudity? Really? Never mind.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Raymond

I switched to my real name so I that don't ever "hide behind the keyboard". It helps me in holding myself accountable and not posting anything I'm not willing to put my name behind.

I actually ran into a couple of Forum members this past weekend.

This is why I have literally used my name for the past 25 years on these and like forums. I want to stand by every word and comment I say. So if I said something one time, I either learn from it or move on. And because I have used my real name, I have met people that come to me directly and respect what I said or know it was me who said it. So when I moved up the ladder, I would deal with people that knew I was speaking to what they saw me do.

I also run into people often when I go to camps or things across the country, people that have read this forum. I am very pleased with the legacy this has created and allowed me to do other things as a result of people know my words are from a real person. Not many people on this forum over the years can say that.

Peace