Would you favour a free and open PF where people could post under their real names?NO
This forum has to many Vindictive members that come here to Diminish & Shame other members.
In Europe you have privacy laws to your personal records whereas in The U.S.A. they are all public.
There are sites available for a small fee to type in someone's name and the State they live in and you have their life story from their arrest records, divorces, wife's name, children's names, bankrupts, address, pictures of their home, their total wealth bracket, where they work, a picture of them and more.
Where do you think sleaze bag jon gets all this information from on members to diminish and shame them with.
Then he shares this information with his pet lacky's Harry/Lazarus and Pam/Feniks to torment American members like Cargo and myself who they thought their "Jim" character was me.
You've seen them in action.
So No, because of that, any American that used their real name here would be at the British Bullies mercy.