No more pen names

October 21, 2009

Dear Sir,

I again call on you to please reconsider your stance on publishing letters submitted under pen names. I personally feel that if all letter submissions acknowledged the author this would help to increase the level of discourse.

Your guidelines state "Letters under pen names should not contain personal attacks". I guess since Webster's doesn't define "personal attacks" the definition is up to personal interpretation.Well my interpretation is that many of the pen name submitted letters contain some degree of "personal attacks".

Maybe these individuals think of themselves as "masked crusaders" or some modern day poetic Zorro. I just see them as persons without the courage to stand behind their statements and /or convictions.

Throughout history there have been many individuals and groups who hid themselves behind masks while carrying out their agenda, I can't think of any that effected any positive change.

JAMES JACKSON

Devonshire