Is Anonymity Good For The Internets?

Couple weeks ago when I interviewed Seth Godin on the radio show he said that he wished nobody could be anonymous on the internet. It stirred up a few people in the comments who took exception to that statement. I honestly can see both sides. On one hand i can see times when using a sock puppet is useful. I also have been a member and financial supporter of the Electronic Frontier Foundation for many years. This organization has done more for anonymity on the internet then any other. But lets be honest.

• 99.9% of the time when anonymity is invoked on the internet its to do someone harm.
• 99.9% of the websites registered with anonymous info are spam/scams.

What if there was no such thing as anonymity on the internet? What if Google warned you with a interstitial before you visited a site that was anonymously registered (maybe just from pay per click) ? Talk amongst yourselves