Dear Internet:

Please stop this crap.

Via Tim Bray.

I’m not for curtailing free speech, and I don’t question your right to write/Photoshop what you want; but this sort of targeted venom, is just, well, pointless.

For the appropriate venues (chat rooms, sites devoted to X or Y and so on), well, knock yourselves out.

Really – please knock yourselves out.

Otherwise, have some balls and do it in a very public, accountable (not anonymous snarks) manner. At the very least.

But you’re hurting the Internet (yes, I capitalized on purpose for effect).

Please stop this crap.

Update 3/29/2007 Dave Winer has the best overall take on the issue that I’ve read so far.