For the first time in my blogging life, I got this comment:

Si Arbet talo ko sa debate. Pikon kaya binura niya ang mga comments ko kasi alam niya na talo ko siya sa argumento. Hahahah…Talo si Arbet pikon pa hahaha..ikaw pala Arbet ang tunay na brenda kasi binura mo ang mga comments ng mga nagcomment. Baliw si Arbet! Kamukha pa niya ang palaka! hahaha…

Well, he is not content with that, he even replied to the automated email that is sent when a first-time commentator left a comment. Oh no, that’s not enough for him, he even left two messages on the Cbox at the sidebar.

OK: in his email, this is my reply:

Before you begin issuing ad hominem comments, please let me tell you first why your comments were blocked. My blog is using a spam comment blocking plugin called Spam Karma 2. This plugin scans comments and deletes them when it thinks these comments are spam. Your comments were blocked by Spam Karma 2 due to the following:

1. You kept on posting the same comments.
2. You posted consecutive comments within a short time frame.

Now, I am not afraid to debate with you, [NAME OBFUSCATED]; however, you do not seem to have the grasp of rules of debate and argumentation. You keep on committing fallacies, and as such, no meaningful debate can happen.

Second, I was already offline by 10 AM yesterday, hence I was no longer able to view your comments. That does not mean I surrendered. Besides, it is not a debate since you don’t know the rules.

Again, thanks for dropping by my blog. I cannot reply to your comments not because I can’t answer them; I do not want to stoop to your level (by attacking my person instead of my arguments). And there’s no use arguing with someone who is obviously have his mind made up and is desperate enough to attack a person instead of a person’s ideas.

I am actually OK with such comments, and I ignore them. What is your policy regarding comments like the one above?