Once again, I have been accused of flaming. And, frankly, I don't see it.
I've been involved with various online forums for over ten years. I've seen rebuttals, and I've seen flames. I've seen what constitutes a polite response, and what does not. And while my responses have occasionally snippy, I have always been careful to self moderate. So the accusations of flaming are something I take personally BECAUSE I've tried hard not to cross that line.
If we cannot offer an opposing comment on someone else's threads, what are comments left open for? If we can't debate, then what's the point? Responding to someone and offering a rebuttal is a far cry from flaming.
I don't wish to pollute the host's blog further. I made a comment I felt was entirely appropriate, did not degenerate into name calling, did not violate terms of use in any way. If the owner of the blog feels my comments are inappropriate, he has the freedom to ask me to leave, and to blacklist me, if need be. I have never knowingly tried to do an end around someone's blacklist.
But I'm also not going to stand and take an accusation of flaming when I haven't been doing it.