Jinn of Quality and Risk

Dave Winer is being harassed and threatened: There's always been an unwelcome personal side to "debates" on technical mail lists, but we've reached a new low. ... I tried to come up with a word to describe how I feel about these people, this is what I came up with: monster. They're predators, lone wolves. Feeling an emptiness within, they're afraid of other people, especially those who have character and visibility. They only feel validated when they threaten and attack others, or steal from them. Unfortunately, such people may often be intelligent and thus attracted to the computer/technology world. The best policy is to submit their behaviour to broad daylight and public scrutiny.