The answer is "never make mistakes." Because, if you do, the blogosphere will jump down your throat as fast as they can. Case in point, another incident at the latest blogging conference; Les Blogs. What's new? Nothing. This is pretty common. Remember Bob Wyman and Dave Winer at BloggerCon III? Now, I don't go to these conferences and I suspect that's a good decision on my wife's part. But, I'd love to, just once. I'd sit back and watch the backchannel backstabbing. Mena's call for civility is seconded and much appreciated by me. I've always tried to be a peacemaker, with rare success. I appreciate it when others take that task. Now I wasn't there and can't comment on what happened, but when Mena imploded, you knew the follow-up attack on her was going to be fierce.