Being a user on FC is not a right. It's not guaranteed that you can be a user. It's a privalege. It's a favor, from Pud to you, that you can be a user here. Never forget that, and never forget that Pud likes hits on his pages.
Controversy gives more hits than lovey-dovey friendships.
To answer the very first post, the only reason people should change handles is for humour reasons or because they think another one sounds better. It's not worth changing just to make certain comments or whatever because the ip lists show who is who anyway, and are open to whoever wants them amongst the old established posters. I was going to change my name because it seemed that Gronk had got bad feeling for posting too much, but then I figured What the hell. They still know who I am, and They'll make a point of telling everyone. On the plus side I've come out of this thread knowing a lot clearer who doesn't like me, and I find myself only wondering why I am unbanned, since those who make this decision all consider me annoying and not worth having around here.