Elder Cook wrote:There are other "insidious behaviors that poison society and undermine basic morality," he said. "It is common today to hide one's identity when writing hateful, vitriolic, bigoted communications anonymously online. Some refer to it as flaming."
Hmmm... has he been reading MDDB?
Some institutions try to control it, he said, noting that the New York Times won't tolerate comments where there are personal attacks, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity, impersonations, incoherence and shouting. The Times also encourages the use of real names because “'we have found that people who use their names carry on more engaging, respectful conversations.'"
And every stalker that wants to know, can find out where all those "real" people live.
Smart, Elder Cook. Real smart.
Elder Cook denounced "any use of the Internet to bully, destroy a reputation or place a person in a bad light" and said anonymity makes people more likely to engage in such behavior.
Bully? Destroy a reputation? Place a person in a bad light? Has he been in Relief Society lately?
He {Boyd K Packer} recognized his career choice would provide only modest compensation. But he and his wife, Sister Donna Packer, have not felt deprived. They sacrificed to raise 10 children and now have 60 grandchildren and 79 great-grandchildren
Good grief. This is a bold-faced lie! (and he's wrong, too). Packer's career choice was to be supported by tithing for 50 years! No wonder they didn't feel deprived! They had the tithes of the poor and widowed paying their bills since 1961! What kind of sacrifice has he ever done? None! Why? Because none was ever required of GAs!
Oh wait. Is it considered attacking someone anonymously if it's true? The truth definitely hurts Packer.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.