RE:RE:katename

["Stuart M. Castergine" <scasterg@cd.columbus.oh.us>]

On Tue, 17 Oct 1995, Jose David Araujo - 941750-8 wrote:

> Stuart wrote:
> 
> >I'd disagree. My own wild speculation is that posting under a pseudonym
> >would be the kind of sneakiness and dishonesty that I think she doesn't
> >approve of. I think she would certainly lurk, never posting at all. But I
> >think that if she ever did post, she would not mislead people about who
> >she was. Note that I said "wild speculation." I have no facts with which
> >to back up my statement. In fact, against that theory is the fact that 
> >she has apparently written under pseudonyms for the KBC newsletter.
> 
> Uh, boy...   I   wonder if you're   talking  about the GIRL   who wrote
> BABOOSHKA?  Gee, she is a million persons, and a person in one.  She is
> more  than a  single person, not   in homonimous,  but  in heteronimous
> (well, I don't even know  if this word  exists in  english: but to  all
> you, KateFans, read a portuguese poety called Fernando Pessoa. You will
> really like it.  (Kate, if you're reading this, in portuguese we have a
> lot of good poets, and musicians... and fruits too!)
> 

There's a difference between creativity and integrity. Playing a character
in a song or even writing under a pseudonym fall in one class of behavior.
But, somehow, pretending to be someone else while she lurks around on her
fans' newsgroup, seems, I dunno ... different. Anybody know what I'm
talking about? Like how would everybody feel if you found out after all
these years that I am really Kate Bush. You'd all feel pretty weird about
it. I mean, it would be one thing if Kate popped up and said, "You know,
I've been reading this group for four years." A lot of us would be pretty
embarrassed. But if I suddenly revealed myself as Kate, well, that would
be spooky, knowing that I've not only been reading, but participating and
offering opinions about myself. I dunno, maybe it's no different. Just
random thoughts. 

Stu


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