Paranoid parts of my brain


How hard do I look?
One of my favorite libertarian bloggers, Becky C. over at Just A Girl in short shorts talking about whatever, has called it quits. Now her reasons are her own, I'm not going into details. You can read about it there.

But here is where my paranoia gets going. A negative commenter accused her of stealing the image of a model/actress for her own profile page. The resemblance is pretty strong. I also have to say that I've seen plenty of celebrity pictures used in groups and on blogs, and that Becky never actually claimed the picture was of her.

And just like the commenter intended, it's only one small step to the next question. If the picture isn't of her, what else on the site might be fictional?

Gods, I hate asking the question. But it seems to me that Becky's reaction is out of character.

I'll admit I like my privacy and I have gone out of my way to keep people from linking NeoWayland to my legal identity. I've also never made any secret that I've gone to great lengths to keep my legal identity off the web. And I do spend a fair time wandering the internet with names you'd never recognize. Politically and religiously, I AM the NeoWayland. I avoid conflict or provocation with my other aliases these days, pretty much since I took the title of NeoWayland in fact.

I'm moderately good at sniffing things out through the internet. Considering some of the people I've had to deal with, that is not exactly surprising.

So do I scratch my curiosity bump? Or do I assume that Becky C. has told the truth, mostly? As far as I know, she hasn't hurt anyone, certainly not me or mine. I've no reason to look any closer.

I am a big believer in live and let live.

But oh my oh my, how tempting it can be.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Wed - July 22, 2009 at 08:00 AM  Tag


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