Re: Hotmail and John Hancock

["Hung La" <hung_la@ibm.net>]

Pete wrote:
...... 

  Tuan, I like to think THAT is still what one might call a
  "typically American" attitude.

  Occassionally one still hears Americans refer to signing their
  name to a paper as "putting my John Hancock on it".

.......

Hi Pete:

I believe that "typical American" attitude is not far off the 
Vietnamese concept of  being a gentleman  or  "ke? si~" or "quan^n 
tu)?". Putting his/her John Hancock down simply means being 
responsible and respectful of others.

Cheers and my JH is

Hung La

  Pete Donahoe


       Frank Nguyen:  It's nothing wrong if one selects for
       him/herself a different name.  Does anybody know my name is a
       real or faked one?

       Any opinion should be heard, even an anonymous,

       Tuan Pham: When did the rot set in? Is the attitude above
       typically American or only Viet-American?

       I grew up in a world where sending anonymous messages and
       using faked names is simply unacceptable. Except when there
       are threats to one's safety or livelihood, which doesn't
       apply to the majority of SCV participants.

       The reasoning behind this rule of ethics is that anonymity
       leads to irresponsibility. Just look at the back of any
       public toilet door - or SCV :)