I know this is last week’s tempest, but I neglected to post Eric Brooks mini rantlet, entitled Class Clowns and Village Idiot on Trial…., and since I’m the referenced Village Idiot, I felt it was incumbent upon me to do so.
Jason Kottke has a few followup comments as well, although his focus on "The Classic Discussion Group Behaviour" fails to take into account that these sorts of "discussions" are far more common when the initial comments can be construed as inflammatory or insulting.