I have always found the fisheaters site to be useful, albeit it is not a “Church approved” source. I am not sure why you find it necessary to attempt to eradicate it from an Internet that is full of many sites that are not only questionable, but downright demonic (and many use the name of the Catholic Church themselves). I cannot reason that it is because you are defending traditional Catholicism (or Catholicism in general), as this would not be logical as even a Christian would be wont to act. You cite references to the fact that you are justified, but I would hasten to add that such acts would only be necessary if there was danger to doctrine or heresy would be the result of a misinformed faithful. You may be seeing danger where there is none. The posters you speak about have their own private lives to contend with and only God ever has the right to judge them.
To what avail is it to you personally that you attempt to “expose” them publicly? As daring as it may seem, your blog is not something that I would put a real name to and really not helping the image of a website that many rely on for decent information about traditional Catholicism. Any good writer knows the value of good research and any person who seeks credibility would firstly give their real name in such an attempt. The whole idea of remaining anonymous is both good and bad, but one chooses to use their real name at their own risk. In your situation, I would be questioning the motive, as those who use their real names (where possible, particularly in personal blogs) never have anything to hide and their work is usually so useful that you would want to remember them for possible future references.
One must always keep in mind the nature of any public forum. There are going to be all kinds of people that will post all kinds of statements, most of which they would never say in a live forum. The whole idea makes for a great social psychology study, but this method is not always a reliable way to gain real information, and that should always be the first consideration when one reads posts.
A credible poster will consider many circumstances involved in the situation, and then post their opinion. Opinion is not truth no matter how convincing the references. Most posts are not always what they seem. I fully understand your concern, but there is a better method that could be used than attempting to represent a group all by yourself. Let the Church conduct her own Inquisition on such matters and accept certain limitations one may have to requesting repentance from individuals.
Jerald Franklin Archer
