After reading the email sent to Dag, I'd like to say a few things about it. Cuz its MY blog and I can. (and I didn't want to continue the siftquisition thread as it was done and decided)

I don't buy his smarmy childish attitude in the email.

He's as bothered as anyone would be; reading over 100 comments by other people who clearly dislike him. To pretend he doesn't care about that is to call him a robot.

Whether he is delighted or despairing, misses the point; he's a troll. I didn't think so before because I haven't been around here long enough but that email sure clinches it.

 He doesn't answer the charge at all. He only says 'well now yall gotta clarify the rules - haha'

Chee thanks guy we really appreciate you FORCING us to spell out rules of conduct as if the whole intarwebby was nothin but a bunch of pre-schoolers who need to be told how to use the buddy system. That were reeel nice of you. We R Stoopit too! Heyuk heyuk. Ain't it grand how all the doofus liberals are all in a tizzy tryin to figure out how to deal with the likes of big boogeyman you? Har de har har. Woohoo you gots the nice people all a fluttered.

Gimme a break.

Maybe its cuz I spent too much time on the Hannity.com forums but frankly I'm fed up with so-called right-wing-nut-jobs treating me like dirt just because I espouse the ideas of tolerance and peace and love. TOlerance doesn't mean I let someone step all over me. Peace doesn't mean I let some jackass call me names. Love doesn't mean I let someone punch me repeatedly. I'm not a christian at all but I do believe in turning the other cheek when one can. Jesus wasn't talking about getting the shit kicked out of him, though, he was talking about turning away anger. Nothing dissapates anger like acquiescence and a peaceful attitude unless you're talking about a psychotic rage. THat's when its time to put yer dukes up and defend yourself.

Yeah, I'm talking about assholes who traipse into a perfectly decent place and throw their trash everywhere. I'm talking about assholes who see a bunch of very nice people and decide to purposefully take advantage of their tolerant nature. I'm talking about bullies.

And free  speech or not, bullies need to be shown their place - the floor.

To my dying day I'll never understand why tolerant people think its their job to put up with assholes. Being tolerant doesn't mean being a sucker or a punching bag. There's a difference between "tolerant" and "doormat"

I once wrote a long post in my LJ about how I wasn't putting up with right-wing shitheads anymore. I had an epiphany and I'm glad.