Article: COLUMN: The meaning of Anonymous, here and abroad

Bryan Murphy
University Wire
03-28-2008
(The Daily Campus) (UWIRE) STORRS, Conn. -- If you've ever wanted to be anonymous, your best bet is to follow the advice of The Guess Who - you've gotta "go, gotta get away, gotta get away, now go go go." There's nothing like wandering down the side streets of a distant city where you don't speak the language, phone out of service range, map ruined by rain and friends, family, and lovers fading into the foggy past.

When one lives with a nametag affixed to their behaviors, they're influenced by a comet-like trail of past histories, acquaintances, friends and enemies - haunted by prejudices, opinions and habitats expected of them. Only in anonymity is ...

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