I just read On Identity and Edits by Shelly Powers, author of Practical RDF, which talks about blog editing problems and policies.  It's a good post that examplifies how Shelly thinks.  The part that shocked me was this:

In an earlier version of the "Thanks for the E-Mails" posting, he wrote that the campaign against him was organized by "an alcoholic, a representative of BigCo and a 16 year old kid".

This excerpt from a response to Shelly's post illustrates how I felt:

"Now, I’ve heard that Dave Winer called Mark an alcoholic and Mark’s recent post about not drinking suddenly clicks into place. Oh Boy!  I’m actually quite annoyed by Dave Winer now."