It doesn't escape my notice that it's childish if that's what you're asking.
Anyway, when I'm being bashed it's difficult to resist defending oneself. There are people on this board who tend to start bashing in an otherwise perfectly nice thread and it goes downhill from there. If someone else is public enemy #1 for a while it is also tempting to comment there with best intentions... as I know how it feels. Ick, integrity and the urge to do the right thing is like a cancer. Still, hopefully it'll make me a decent lawyer some day - and a fraternity man too. :shrug: