tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post112869949751295576..comments2024-01-14T17:27:30.511-05:00Comments on Law, Legislation, and Lunacy: What's In a Name?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364155797420903461noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-1128876610222154922005-10-09T12:50:00.000-04:002005-10-09T12:50:00.000-04:00OH NO, YOU'VE TURNED THE CONSERVATIVE REPUTATION-O...OH NO, YOU'VE TURNED THE CONSERVATIVE REPUTATION-OWNING THEORCRACY ON ITS HEAD! Oh my, I do believe I've lost my monocle!<BR/>Oh wait, fucking <I>duh</I>, David. A seven year old with a head wound could figure out that he doesn't own it.<BR/><BR/>PS: Also, do you really think someone would spam your blog, thus requiring the need for word verification?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-1128748340117425032005-10-08T01:12:00.000-04:002005-10-08T01:12:00.000-04:00I'll concede that allows for some degree of contro...I'll concede that allows for some degree of control, but not totally. Everyone else can just refer to you as something when they are talking amoungst themselves. I know I've done a similar things like that with friends.<BR/><BR/>But reputation is not totally beyond one's control for the simple fact that people's actions influence their reputation. I'll conceed that some actions you can't predict how the people will respond but with other actions you can. If I donated millions to the Humane Society, I know my reputation will improve. If I dress like Hitler while testifying to Congress, I know my reputation will go down the tubes, for society at large in both cases.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364155797420903461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-1128736310000045222005-10-07T21:51:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:51:00.000-04:00There is one way in which one can exercise a good ...There is one way in which one can exercise a good deal control over his name: He can refuse to respond to anything other than his preferred name.<BR/><BR/>But reputation, I think, is totally beyond one's control.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com