Originally Posted by edgeprod

That was my thought, at initial blush. People with enemies are generally important, or seen as threats of some sort. Most people posting in a Paul Markham thread are talking to each other ABOUT Paul, not TO Paul. He usually fails to see the distinction. Even posts that LOOK like they're directly to him are usually simply made to bait him into posting something stupid.

It's kind of like teasing the monkeys at the zoo to watch their reaction. And, like the monkeys, you usually end up ducking some thrown poo. It ends up being about as important, LOL.