Neither one of us is more specific than the region. I know that if I were to give the specific town where my apartment is, it would be easy to track me down, as my wife and I, AFAIK, are the only Americans in the town. I have also mentioned that my apartment is on the Piazza Karl Marx (Umbria used to be a stronghold of the Italian Communists), which would make tracking me down child's play if I were to mention the town.

My anonymity has been breached previously on this site and it can be a very anxiety provoking situation.

We all have people that don't like us here, and some that are even obsessive about it. I assume that most people are harmless, but it would be naive to think that everyone is.

So while I think anonymity creates an atmosphere that can lead to more abuse and hostility, I agree with the author that it is necessary.

we still need anonymity.

We have a site devoted to trolling this place.

There are at least two websites that do this. I willsend you a pm on their names.

Probalby more than two - once there was a blog called the DU Wolverines - because I guess like the Wolverines in Red Dawn they would come over hand and . . . fire explosive arrows of rhetoric at us?

They are defunct now I think, but there are always a few around.

Bryant