Jeffro, the post author, says:On the other hand, crazy people exist within the realm of reality and they can not be controlled.

[WordPress folks are better than that.] Let's prove it.

Although Jeffro's statement is made 'in all good faith', there's a couple serious problems with it.

Why insult those with mental health issues? Internet-attacks & threats are not a matter of "crazy" (or "bad", for that matter) behavior. These are offenses under the law, pure & simple. It's law-breaking, and lawlessness. The euphemisms are both inappropriate, and counterproductive.

Digital lawlessness can't be controlled? If we don't act in credible ways, the Federal government (in cooperation with Hollywood, RIAA, Christopher Dodd & co.) will act instead, in far more heavy-hand ways. We have no end of creativity & energy, for new & exciting projects ... but can't be bothered to take out the garbage? Can't recognize that the noxious smell arises from not wiping our own ass?

To all those who see this event as an isolated WordPress problem/incident, who see law breakers in our midst as beyond our reach & ken, who celebrate & cheer Anonymous, who think the Internet & Open Source will simply march into the mist-shrouded horizons forever impervious to all the forces & interests (always vanquishing the POPA/PIPAs) that are made buggy-whips by the rise of the Web and all the citizen-empowerment that it promises ... you are the ones who should be examined for mental health issues.

Do we think that we should be trusted to define, design & build a New & Better Society? Then we damn well better be ready, willing and able to prove it.