R.Wieser wrote:
Bill,

We have lots of Bills, Joes, and Sues. We only have one Ernest
Hemingway (AFAIK). I don't see the inconsistency.

And all those Bills, Joes and Sues all started with just a single other
person having the same name. Would that have been a problem then too ?
Would something change for you if there already where five Mark Twains
and/or Ernest Hemingways when you became aware of the re-use of that name
? It seems to be that way for you for those Bills, Joes and Sues. Which
absolutily makes no sense to me.

You inconsistency is an arbitrary count. In assuming that sharing the
same name means impersonation. In having problems with re-use even if
"Mark Twain" and Ernest Hemmingway are both long dead.

And by the way, you took a bad example as Hemmingway is an actual family
name (which Twain is not), possibly shared with hundreds, if not thousands
other people.

But, I'm going to end our conversation here. You see, I do not see or
have a problem with names being re-used, regardless of if they where once
worn by famous people or not. You do (but do not seem to have a good
idea why). As such we will never see eye-to-eye I'm afraid. So, goodbye

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

OK. I think on this one, I am reminded of the refrain, "East is East, and
West is West, and never the twain shall meet". :-) Which seems ironically
applicable here. I will conclude by just saying that I don't feel you honor
the source by using their name, but instead, are just honoring yourself,
unless, of course, it really is your name. But that's just the way I see it.