One of my favorite and totally irreverent reads, Go Fug Yourself, has disallowed comments. Now, the comments there are just as acerbic as the entries themselves, and are sometimes nonsensical enough to make me laugh out loud. Unfortunately, a recent entry on Beckham and Posh Spice led to vicious attacks on the Fugly Duo and their readers:

"Heather and Jessica know fully well that people, especially women, come to the site not just for the photo[s] but also the misogynistic cruelty. So, it's in their best interests to continue to be as misogynistic [Me: You know, I always thought misogynists were men... I learn something new everyday!] , cruel and vicious as possible.

So, the viciousness and misogyny in the comments will only continue to get worse as the bible-thumping soccer moms and sex-crazed men [Me: hey Hey HEY! Who's he calling sex-crazed?! Me?! Well if it weren't for sex he wouldn't be here now would he?!] (who of course are blameless, innocent, honest men who fall into temptation from dirty sluts completely unlike Heather and Jessica themselves) try to one-up Heather and Jessica. [Me: bible-thumping soccer moms trying to be more misogynistic than the duo... hum... I KNOW there's a contradiction in here somewhere.]

Someone here will post something soon that calls for the fug to be raped and beaten. Now that will be such fun!!!I can't wait. Most likely, it will be a woman of course. [Me: HA! Who's the sex-crazed man now?] " [kenton]

Me? Misogynistic? Well hell. And here I thought I was just being infantile/ shallow. Jessica (1/2 of the Fugly Duo) had this to say:

"News to {bleeping} [Me: censored by the infantile... expletives are only for the mature] me.

How DARE you imply that Heather or I are ADVOCATING RAPE?

I find it amazing that people think Heather or I have any kind of societal AGENDA, when basically we are anti UGLY OUTFITS [Me: Ok ok, I don't really get this. Women Against Bad Fashion don't fall under societal agenda? Gasp.] .

If you find this site offensive, then I strongly suggest you STOP READING IT."

So, no more comments on Go Fug Yourself. Shucks.

Blocking comments are not uncommon among local blogs... Xiaxue has done it a couple of times when comments turned sour. Another entry that could be block-worthy is this one, although I believe it won't be, because most (including me) have given up debating in that warzone. Often, comments that are posted are totally irrelevant to the entry itself, and the discussion can become downright emotional and vicious (full of knnb ccb and what not). The worst part is that the owner of the blog has to bear the cost of the webhosting (no, traffic isn't free!) as well as a large part of the responsibility for posting that "rabble-rousing" entry.

Ah well, I guess I just have to make do with the pictures and the Fugly Duo's commentary. Comments anyone?