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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1765113" data-attributes="member: 99">I wanted to make a brief comment on this topic, Torm.  I'm not in any way disputing your point that there are a few sickos out there who could use the information presented in the posts in this thread, and other similar threads, to do harm to the families of those who post in them.  But, for me, as well as many others I suspect, it is a simple matter of risk/benefit analysis, even if we don't always think of it in those terms.  (man, could there BE a couple more commas in that last sentence? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />)I don't have any hard statistical data in front of me now but I'll go out on a limb and guess that my (and my family's) odds of dying in a car accident this year are greater than those of being hunted down by a internet-stalker/serial killer.  But I've got places that I need to go and places that I want to go.  On an almost weekly basis, I drive my daughter to the mall for the sole purpose of riding the Merry-Go-Round.  That's about a frivolous as things get, and yet I'm risking our lives by getting in the car to make that trip.  Why would I do such a thing when it serves no real useful purpose in our lives?That's the same way I feel about threads like this.  Am I getting a benefit out of it?  Sure.  It's fairly miniscule in the greater scheme of things but I feel more connected and friendly toward my fellow ENWorlders by sharing such information about ourselves.  A pretty small benefit really.  But, for me, it outweighs the miniscule chance that somebody reading this is going to hunt me or my family down.  If others weigh these odds and come up with a different answer then I don't fault them.  I only hope they have no regrets later if they stayed home and didn't ride the Merry-Go-Round.Anyhow, I look forward to meeting you next weekend at NCGDV and I promise you that I'm not an internet-stalker/serial killer.Really.I promise. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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