Hot, steaming pile of comments (amended)

I'm not the only one who is annoyed by Tim Kawakami's blog. There's a small legion of sports fans in the Bay Area who cringe every time they read one of TK's bolder-than-thou headlines. But some TK haters are getting a little out of hand.

Here's how the latest round shenanigans started. The word "owner" appeared in the 9ers 2008 media guide next to Jed York's name. The implication is Jed's officially become part of the organization's ownership. In today's post on Talking Points, Kawakami made love to himself for claiming Jed was essentially the team's owner last winter.

Anyway, there's nothing special about the post. Kawakami has dedicated the site to stroking his ego and readers can hear all about how smart he is any day of the week. This particular post is notable because of what you find in the comments. There's a healthy tradition of readers shredding TK in response to his inflammatory editorials. Sometimes, I feel like the commentors read my mind.

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But the comments in TK's blog have eroded to kindergarten name calling. Rather than reacting to the post, the readers react to TK. What's the point?

There are two reasons I don't post reader comments on this blog - 1) I don't have any readers, and 2) the law of nature that states all threads of comments must descend into retarded fuckery. Every once in a while, the comments of a blog will add to the blog. The commentors might make a funny jab or offer an insightful twist on the post. Inevitably, a cancerous dip shit jumps in and has to contradict everything everybody says. This is an absolute inevitability. There can be no exceptions. And once the cancer arrives, he will never go away. No matter how flawed his arguments, he refuses to die. He's like Jason, or Gavin Newsom. He keeps coming back, even though he's obviously worn out his welcome.

Here in Nineragua, we repress dissent with prior restraint. Sure, it inhibits the free flow if ideas, but isn't that the beauty of the internet? Infinite free real estate for everybody to babble all over. My advice to TK - come to the dark side. Turn off comments, you'll like it.