I'm going to close tonight by drawing your attention to a poignant post that Boisean Dennis Mansfield made today. It addresses the nasty issue of, well, nastiness in the blogosphere. It spotlights the Las Vegas Review-Journal's legal attack on Idaho blogger Clayton Cramer and a vicious attack on Dennis' dead son, Nate, on Dennis' blog. And then expands back to discuss a coffee meeting that he had with Pastor Tim Remington and me (picture: Tim, left, & me) during his last visit to Coeur d'Alene. Then nasty comment about his son left Dennis shaken and wondering: "Should the blogosphere be so tightly controlled that opinions are legally crushed and unfavorable comments all too easily eliminated when the content fails to meet your or my approval?" Dennis' post hits home. I have dealt with more than my share of nastiness in my 6 1/2 years at the controls of Hucks Online. I enjoy the calm on the blog today. But I'm aware I must remain vigilant to keep it that way.

Question: Have you ever been driven from a blog by a nasty attack against you? Or by the pure viciousness of the blog posts or commentary?