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What's in a name?
THE Sound and The Fury wonders why bloggers are being flogged for
using pseudonyms when famous authors like Sylvia Plath and George
Eliot used pen names to write their novels.
He writes: "People use pen names even for the admirable task of
writing novels. I could speculate why. Sylvia Plath the poet
probably did not want their novel to ride on her success as a
person who also writes poetry."
The Feynman Boson agrees. He writes: "The credibility (and hence
value) of an argument lies in whether the argument makes sense. Who
wrote it, in anonymity or not, only hints at whether the argument
is credible."
http://tomorrow.sg/archives
Huff over puffing ban
THE smoking ban at foodcourts and coffee shops took effect
yesterday. A huge furore has already arisen in cyberspace, with
smokers cyring foul and some non-smokers calling for even tighter
measures.
Beary84 says: "I'm dreading it because I smoke. Coffee shops are
okay but next year's restriction applies to pubs/clubs too."
On the other hand, yan105 says: "The Singapore Government should
just ban smoking."
But Kosmicheskaya writes: "If the Singapore Government bans
smoking, there'd be an instant outcry among the smoking population
as well as the rest of the world. People still think of us as 'that
country that caned that kid and banned chewing gum'. Imagine if we
banned smoking too."
http://talkback.stomp.com/
