response 87 of 106:

Feb 9 23:40 UTC 1997

You might have entered it, Richard, but others responding to it in a "closed"
conference (in this sense) should be able to feel secure that it's not going
to be linked elsewhere; and IMO they shouldn't even have to worry about
whether that header, now scrolled 8 responses off the screen, said "linked
item".  I oppose having *any* conferences closed to anonymous reading, myself,
but if we're going to do it, and do it for the kinds of reasons people have
raised for doing it, it's really obnoxious to think of requiring participants
to keep track on an item-by-item basis.  It's not "your own item" in a sense
that gives you an unlimited right to handle *other* people's responses.  May
I suggest that you learn to use the extract command, or cut-&-paste at your
end, if you object to typing your own text in?  I really doubt anyone else
would object to your copying your own text - at least, object on the grounds
that it was first posted in a restricted conference.