All my words here represent me and not any organisation I work or have worked for.  Yet it could easily be misinterpreted (deliberately or otherwise) that when I talk about certain topics, I am representing the view of my employer or so on. I could lose my job if that happened.  I've experienced first hand the dishonesty of some journalists who have taken my opinion from a blog which I'd written under my name and quoted me in the paper completely out of context.  This was about 4 or 5 years ago.

I'm willing to back up my words but I'm not willing to make myself vulnerable to some nutter taking a dislike to me and harassing me for it. My name is not common and it is easy enough to find me. Stalkers are not fun.