Record company ponytail guys, part 1.
The measured pace of weblog response, and the distance between rival weblogs, makes measured discourse possible. Comments let idiots deface your weblog, and that's intolerable.
Good Christ. "Measured discourse?" What we really need is for O'Reilly to sponsor A-List Emergent Mud Wrestling. Let's get Kottke and Glenn Reynolds in a big, deep mud pit, ring a couple bells and go to town. There's how you can make money on blogs, right there.