Let's be honest.. anonymity is a none issue for most people. I am not buying on silk road nor do I have any ideological reasons to stay anonymous (over and above what I already am in the FIAT system).
So while anonymity might have helped bitcoin in the beginning spread to anonymity concerned individuals - as we get out into the general population it becomes more and more a none-issue (with exception of course).
many want anonimity because they don't want to pay unfair taxes, on a thing that probably in the future will be taxed for VAT too, which is ridiculous, for a currency
in my case i can only tolerate the payment on income from trading, if i'm in positive of course..