The Internet has Stolen my Identity.

The articles all appealed to me, but for different reasons. I agree, yes, online you can depict yourself in many ways, become who you want to be, i like the opening statement about the dog, who knew dogs could go online! but as far as finding ones self online, or feeling more like yourself, (or the person that they wish they were), i dont buy this. Everything I read about the mudders, was along the lines that they didn't have to be themselves. Alot of the mudders participated in these online mud groups so that they could be "the hero" when in actuality, they hate their job and have to use mudding as a way to get courage to face their boss. I could be all for the mudders of the world if they would stop saying that mudding lets them be who they really are, its complete opposite. A part in the reading that I find disgusting is when a 21 year old college student is interviewed and he defends his violent character by saying that its ok, because rape in the MUD world is better than in real life... I am the only one who finds this concerning?? And also, in the reading where this Taffy person blames another online participant for putting their race in their description really cracks up me. Telling people your race is optional, but you must tell people your gender. If you do however opt to include your race, be prepared for harassment and scrutiny?? This doesn't make sense. Taffy basically blogs about the person who told their race is at fault... Internet says they are trying to unify the participants in these chat rooms, but they are making everyone afraid of who they really are, or ashamed of it. Is that really the message we want to be telling people today?