The best thing about this intermewebnet thingy is, for me, it’s debates and exchanges. When I posted a review of Jane Brocket’s Gentle Art of Domesticity a couple of months ago, I was bowled away by the comments I received and the lively debate that the book engendered. There were several comments from individuals who did not share my opinion. I also received a number of emails from people with a different point of view to my own. I ‘approved’ all of these comments and I also responded to the emails. Without exception, I found these messages thoughtful and articulate. These people had an argument to make and wanted to express it, share it and put their name to it. However heated the discussion, there is something both stimulating and refreshing in this kind of exchange.
I have been away for a few days because of a family crisis. When I returned I discovered in my ‘moderation queue’ a comment of such laughable stupidity I thought I’d share it with you:
Perhaps if ‘poo’ had the balls to identify her/himself, or the nounce to express her/himself in a discourse other than that of the playground, we might channel our difference of opinion into intelligent debate.
KDD & Co 
I love how you are not afraid of debate and controversy! So many people were confusing Jane the person and Jane’s blog with Jane’s BOOK. You cut through that and talked about the book, and it made a lot of sense. As for the poo? Permission granted to delete!
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p.s. i finally figured out precisely who brocket reminds me of — the butler in Remains of the Day.
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i think beeyotch is a corruption of the well-loved diminutive for young pornography ladies.
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Ha! That’s one of my favorite posts on your blog – you write such interesting opinionated reviews, which, after the rather incestuous and relentlessly positive world of knitting magazines and books, is endlessly refreshing. Drive by opinion seems to be de riguer for the internet, though. I had an amusing time reading Amazon reviews this past weekend, and it seems like a lot of the time people throw stuff out there without actually reading it first.
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Ah, mature and informed debate…
It did make me laugh though!
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This is an odd thing to say, but it’s part of a meme’s instructions… Basically, you made my day – see the second half of this blog post for details.
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I received a similar post in response to my article on Jane Brocket’s book; it was so awful I immediately deleted it.
It was an anonymous remark (again, no way of responding…) which read:
‘YOU’RE SHIT YOU’RE NOT CLEVER YOU’RE JUST JEALOUS THAT YOU CAN’T GET A BOOK PUBLISHED’
Again with the shouty capitals.
Genius, not.
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That is hilarious.
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I really enjoyed that discussion of the Brocket book, it was one of the best knitblog discussions of recent memory…how insane to have received such a dumb ass message!!
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i think it is an extended fag style version of bitch. and i agree. what a wimpy way to make a point.
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Thanks for the biggest laugh of the day! That response is nothing if not eloquent in its complete ineloquence! And what do you think a ‘bee-yatch’ might be? I think it’s some kind of Hatch for a Bee to go back through, a bit like a cat-flap, for when it’s been out late getting pollen, etc…? A good one for Call My Bluff, methinks…x
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