Spare me

Manic fears that Guido's dishonest posturing will eventually lead to his downfall.

In fact, he is paranoid enough to have saved a few files that prove Guido was awake in the early hours, too.

'Unread emails'? Please try harder, Guido.

Manic emailed Guido last night after the 'peace-broker' mentioned here responded to this shiny new weblog within 15 minutes of it going live. Manic graciously repeated this offer and pointed out what should have been obvious, even to someone as deluded as Guido:

Think about it Guido; all you have to do is reign in the remote possibility of the 'time-machine*' stunt in comments by introducing time and date timestamps on comments. It'll take you a minute. I gave a lot of ground for 'Pax' - when I was ahead - and you have to give very little in return.

(*Some Usenet geeks refer to this practice as 'retromoderation'. Manic appears to have missed the invention of this word, as he was busy pursuing a life at the time.)

While Manic is online, he also wishes to issue a warning to the 'gloves are off now' brigade:

Manic is a renowned lost cause enthusiast - and does not respond well to threats and intimidation.

In fact, he has a habit of outing mean-spirited anonymongrels:
Proof: Mike Chambers is directly responsible for the 'paedo' claims

Manic has yet to mess with the life of an anonymous bully NOT suckling at the taxpayer's teat, but there's a first time for everything.

Manic has spoken. End communication.