"Ed" <gwbush@whitehouse.gov> wrote in message news:bfqmve$cli$1@cobalt01.janis.or.jp...
> 
> "masayuki yoshida" <ysd_m@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
> news:bfqj1v$hsht0$1@ID-201147.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > What do you mean by 'sock puppet'?
> 
> A sock puppet is an alternative identity. .
> 
> Let's say that I post under my real name on my home computer and write "Ed
> is the King of Kings". In order to employ a sock puppet, I would post under
> a different name on my computer at work and say "Yes, I agree that Ed is
> King of Kings". On your computer, it might appear to be two different people
> agreeing with each other that Ed is, indeed, the King of Kings, when in
> actuality is would be the same person.

Hitori-shibai?

Masayuki