Since I can sense people are going to continue talking about this, let me offer you a preemptive thought before you post. Let's say I do authorize my IP information to be scrutinized, and Psy comes back and says suck it and posterX have different IP's. What will people say then?
Will people suddenly believe everything I say, and find me totally "credible" and stop harassing me with personal questions after every post I make? Unlikely. Or would people then conclude that I was telling the truth about dial up service with random IP each use, and still accuse me of being posterX? Likely. Or would people conclude that I am able to use a simple tool within my web browser to switch my IP? Also likely. You see, if I participate in this mob induced exercise in futility, all that will happen is that more personal information about me will be released, to somebody I consider untrustworthy and likely to share that information. I will regain no credibility amongst the extremists here, it will not change my standing or make me any more believable to those demanding this information, so what's the point?
So what do I get out of this exercise? Nothing, it's a lose, lose situation for me no matter what I do. So I choose not to play this game, and I will retain what little privacy I have left. If people want to keep using the equation that lack of personal information equals less credibility, that's fine with me, I'd rather have privacy than fornits version of credibility. You will not get me to reveal information I don't want to using these manipulative tactics. As far as my posts are concerned, you can take it or leave it. You are also free to ignore me, and the threads I start, consider it if this type of honest discussion bothers you. I do get a kick out of all the various conspiracy theories, though, and how often they change, seemingly by the day. Fornits is amusing in that way.