I think it may be time for a gentle reminder of a certain line in our comment policy:

Obscenities and spam -- including bashing, solicitations, repetitive comments, and comments that are irrelevant to the post under which they are written -- will not be published.

Some comments lately, although not quite at the level of outright bashing of bloggers or other commenters here, are coming dangerously close. We welcome all kinds of opinions at The Point, as long as they're stated in a civil and respectful manner without slurs at anyone's level of maturity or knowledge, or any other type of personal remark. Please bear this in mind, and thanks to the majority of you commenters who have managed to do this.