I find the fact intriguing, albeit tragic, that MS would select a screen name that reflects the highly racist 19th century view that identifies Satan as a black man.
Note the following from Washington Irvin’s, The Devil and Tom Walker:
"The upshot of all which is, that, if I mistake not," said Tom, sturdily, "you are he commonly called Old Scratch." "The same at your service!" replied the black man, with a half civil nod.
When we take this curious fact and combine it with the following quote posted on this board by MS on Sunday June 22nd, 2008 at 1:20 AM, we clearly see that in fact MS carries, even if only at a subconscious level, a similar view to Mr. Irvin. Note the following statement by MS:
As we have observed. I, however, won't stoop to such a thing. You can go on bragging about how "good" you feel in what you and your "skinny-l" pals have been doing. I get a dark feeling when I read the exchanges, though. A *VERY* dark feeling. Like the Adversary is running the listserve.
Note, "a very dark feeling like the Adversary." How could anyone possibly argue that this amazing connection is a mere coincidence?