What about people who hide behind anonymity when they write comments in the internet?

[PauloCoelho]

What about people who hide behind anonymity when they write comments in the internet?
In my opinion this is the dark side when you are empowered by the fact that you dont have to be liable for your opinions.
Im saying this because I met Jeff Jarvis from buzzmachine.com and Michael Arrington from TechCrunch.com and they told me that they are insulted every single day and in the case of Arrington someone even spat on his face.
If we stood by our opinions, I think we should put our name next to it. However, if you go to any newspaper site and click on comments, you see that most people use nicknames in order to insult what people do.
So, I would like to hear your opinion on anonymity in the internet.


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[RevDebiBrady]

They hide because they're afraid of the truth...that they're not worthy of having others know who they are. However, we choose our path. We choose what we ingest...here on the Internet or out there in the world. If they were honest with themselves, they either would let others know who they are...or...not post such nonsense online where they are cloaked by anonymity. (BTW: this is my real name.)