that is: if you own your own thoughts

What does that mean?

If you don't own your own thoughts, you can't jush publish anything on your own account. See also Professional Employees and Works for Hire.

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Ah, got it now, thanks :).

Sign up for an account, if you want to:
claim your thoughts as your own....
put a name to your words....
take responsibility for your words....
stop hiding behind the Anonymous Monk...

Sign up for an account, if you want to:

No thanks.

claim your thoughts as your own....

That's okay, you can have them. Information is better when people don't try and control it :).

put a name to your words....

Why? Then the message is lost. Many will judge what you say based on their previous impression of you. They'll either blindly accept what you say as truth, or blindly disregard it.

take responsibility for your words....

I take just as much responsibility as you do. I don't have anymore privacy than you. I can be tracked just as easily. Responsbility is the same either way.

stop hiding behind the Anonymous Monk...

Just because someone doesn't sign up an account and state their life story on every website they visit doesn't mean they're hiding :).

Hey Brother Christian with your high and might errand,
Your actions speak so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying.
Bad Religion

There are also many good reasons why someone wouldn't want to sign up an account. Take a minute, I'm sure you can come up with a few.

Many will judge what you say based on their previous impression of you. They'll either blindly accept what you say as truth, or blindly disregard it.

Just as many will attach preliminary judgement based on the fact that you're posting anonymously. You gain nothing either way.

Makeshifts last the longest.

And here I was thinking that I had just restating what Juerd said so that you could understand it better...

It turned into just another troll bait though...