On a somewhat related topic, I recently read the comment thread on a Daily Kos diary related to releasing the names of people who signed a petition. (It was a discouraging task, and I had to take a shower later. My those children are rude.)

While there was strong support for making public the names of the petition signers, because of course everyone should own up to what they say and stand behind it, every single commenter was identified by an alias, a `handle’. How brave they all are!