An idea.......

As I'm sure you know, over at Sainted Norm's, there is a regular feature where various bloggers answer questions and do a bit of promo. The fine fellow Mod had one recently

http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2009/05/the-normblog-profile-296-modernity.html

Whilst I've enjoyed the series, I always pondered what a lot of the non-blogging commentators (Commenters?, Commeters?) might answer to a similar list. They, who unlike the great unwashed masses of the bloggeratii, have real jobs to go to and social activities to attend but still, they are as much a part of this as the bloggers themselves. I think it would be fun, interesting and a very easy for me to fill blog space to do a series on such fine people's answers. Though I may disagree violently with them and there are many of who I have insulted and libelled over the years but always (and not always) in the best of spirits, all are welcome. Those with blogs, if a particular commentatorat is worthy, then please forward them.

Speculative questions (after a self composed summary) and my own starters for ten

Why do you comment?

Preening self-regard for my own opinion, really. And cos I think I'm funny

Where?

HP, Shiraz, Crooked Timber, Tendance, Modblog, Cafe Turco, Dave's Part

Who are those commentators you always enjoy reading?

Metta from HP, a wit, an intellect and a dispositories of many an amazing story

Which was the best thread you took part in?

At HP, a thread about the BPA, never laughed so much on a blog

Are blogs important and why?

A forum in its classic sense is vital, essentially as tradition forms of it seemed to doomed to demise or depolitisation. Good blogs educate by both their own content as well as the subsequent debate on top of being an arena for polemic, screed and heavy heavy sarcasm

Which rhetorical device in argument do you hate the mostest?

Essentialism, though clumsy whatabouttery comes a close second

Long post Bad, Short post Good?

A long post has to be good, the patience of the reader must be rewarded

Policy on trolls?

Ignore once you realise they are beyond arguing. They have literally nothing to say anyway

Policy on Benjy?

Listen on China, fuck off on all else

Have you ever been banned from a site and why?

Not yet

Greatest evil facing humanity and greatest humanity facing evil?

Utopia as a destination rather then a unreachable goal and the women fighting for their rights in Afghanistan

Best novel ever?

Cancer Ward

Best documentary ever?

Confessions of a Superhero, beautiful

Worst song ever inflicted onto air and human ears

California Love by Tupak

If you had to give a political label to yourself, what would it be? (clumsy mash-ups of terminlogy welcome)

Larkin cum Herzen

So Hasan Pristina, Metta, Israelinurse, Sue R, John Palmer, John Meredith, John P, Richard Harris, OP, Alcuin, Jako, Alan Ji, Graham, Nick (Ex-SA), YossiUk, Josh Scholar, Dan, various Marks, Shmuel, Fabian, even Flanker and NO. Come along fellows