>I don't know. Isn't that part of the cost of having a blog? Sure, you can moderate it, but are you surprised that you have to? If the ego is big enough to warrant a blog, then shouldn't it be big enough to take a couple sticks and stones thrown at it? It has pretty much zero to do with anyone's banning here anyway.

I agree with this completely. I think that is a known factor with blogs. You have to cleanup your comments on a regular basis if you don't want them to remain for public viewing. I'm sure political blogs get a lot more attacks which appear personal than professional blogs do.