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Your name doesn't matter to John of Torrance

That infamous letter from "Ellie Light of Long Beach" brought a clatter of opinion to the normally sedate daily

breeze.com/bogert district of the Web site.

And all, oh the irony, was from outraged readers who - like or maybe unlike Light - refuse to use their own names. Which isn't a criticism. In fact, if I started checking to see if "Grandma from Rancho Palos Verdes" is actually a grandma and actually from RPV, there would be no Monday opinion column, not in its present easy-to-use, blame-free form.

For over 20 years this has been the only place in the paper where anybody can say pretty much anything they want using their real name or not. From the start I wanted this to be a forum open to a suspect Ellie Light or the always outraged "Tom From PV," who might note that his anonymous opinions and rampant criticisms are always honored here   Read Full Article...