MT-Blacklist is Great!

133 spam comments vanished and it took me under a minute! Bravo MT-Blacklist! Now if only I had a realtime version that would simply block out comments from certain people who use certain phrases in real life.

"Will you sign my petition to..." ZAP. Comment rendered inaudible.

Although that would end my joy of arguing with the PIRG folks (not to mention animal rights weenies).

Last time I had an argument with a petition gatherer (legalize marijuana), we actually had a good conversation. He was able to articulate points, he considered mine, did a good job of addressing them, etc. I was not convinced (I am mixed on the legalization of marijuana, but his petition was to put it on the front burner at the local level, and Oakland has far more important things to do than to lead a battle through the courts to establish case law for this - not to mention the fact that he had not thought through the other ramifications of the precedents that would be set if they won. Why not let Santa Monica lead this one? They have the money to burn. Oakland needs to spend its resources elsewhere), but we had a good and respectful argument.

However, most of the petition gatherers are a bunch of Naderites who are incapable of listening to any conflicting view. They are followers of a cult, and will not question the supreme leader. I wouldn't mind if some chip somewhere rendered them mute.