These dollies are not for kids. Honest.

...Well, I just love this wacky game of cat and mouse that's going on at the moment. Seems like every time someone writes about 180 Solutions, they then go and drop a big load of identical comments all over the place across a collection of sites, without any intention of ever responding. Not so long ago, Ben wrote about a site called Doll Idol - now come on. This thing is clearly, undeniably aimed at kids. Unless you're a cross-dressing 40-something who likes to play with dollies and write poetry about reruns of Rainbow Brite, there is just no way that you could think the contrary.

However, 180's official line on this (which seems to be in complete denial of the cold, hard reality staring them in the face) was splattered on my site, Suzi's ZDNet Blog and also Spyware Informer.

Now, I have no beef with discussing out in the open. Rapid fire, back and forth superheated exchanges of buttkicking awesomeness are what I like best. The problem is, the fire is all one way. 180 have every right to debate the points raised - it wouldn't be fair if we strapped them down, Hannibal Lector style and threw tomatoes at them or something. However...how did they realistically expect any sort of debate to take place, with multiple postings of the same issue across a bunch of different sites? Okay, so I have a response on my site. Do I reply here? Do I reply over at ZDnet? Will I have to multiple post my answers? Will I get into a debate and start cross-referencing my answers so I don't like like the biggest Douche in the Universe?

Of course not. What happens is this - I post once on ZDnet, and 180 never come back to reply. Hendrix once sang about "Cross Town Traffic" - I wonder if we could dig him up and get him to change the title to "One Way Traffic". I mean, he probably wouldn't get as many chicks, what with the whole "zombie-man guitar hero" thing going on, but as long as his playing arm didn't snap off we'd have ourselves a winner.

Whoops...hang on....

/ reels himself back on topic

.....So. Anyway. Ben Edelman posted a response to the points raised by 180. That post is here. I had a big list of points to write here - but I really can't be bothered. The first reason? Well, Ben already did a great job of responding so I'm not about to do a rerun - there's too many of those on TV as it is. The other reason? Well, why bother even putting up the pretence of a debate , a discussion, where 180 reply to my points and I do the same? Because we all know it won't actually happen.

Like the Amazing Racist "debate"...lollers...where I said racism in any form sucks ass, and you attempted to marginalise me by painting me as a wild eyed crazyman - yes, I must be a real nutbag for disagreeing with so-called "racist humour" (I've seen funnier things on ratemypoo.com). You carpetbombed me on your blog, and even had the cheek to post a trackback to my site. Congratulations, you win the internets.

Then, when I responded, you didn't come back with anything. And when I raised the point that, after your song and dance about it, your software amazingly vanished from the site - still no reply!

Oh wow, are we seeing a pattern here? Jesus, open your damn comments and trackbacks up already. Engage in debate. Or at least reappear on ZDNet to respond to your replies. because that's how debates work - you seem to have the idea you "made your point" by simply dropping in, posting some splatter of a textbomb then retreating back to the ether.

Sorry, that's not how it works. And I won't entertain any debate in this post, either. If you want to actually respond, go do it on ZDnet. Any posts made here will be deleted. I can do this, because I am a badass. And it's my site. I am teh law.

In the words of the great Zombie Hendrix......

and so castles made of sand, fall in the sea....eventually.

He also said HNUUURGH, FNURRRGH, BRAINS, but that's another story. And a lot harder to sing.