Wow.
I guess everyone on Free Republic should avoid posting to OMM anymore.
Just to be safe, I'm not even going to ping him.
Boy this is how the original "gossip" must have got started in cave-man times. Once upon a time, somebody said, "Annoy-proof my life. Don't ping my cavern chambers. Or I'll sue. I'll file charges. I'll club you over the head."
And so the fellow cavemen, fearful of these things, instead of talking to the threatener, just started talking about him. (Behind his club).