No, ma’am. It’s merely justified self defense. “War” would’ve been going so far as identifying the source of the posting, then initiating abuse-of-service complaints, then keeping at it until the sources lose their internet connection.

But take it from one who works in IT: That also would’ve taken up all your time. I tried fighting that way… minor victories only, never did stem the tide.

The thing that worries me about blog comment spam is that many blogs are choosing to close comments because of it. And others are recommending that old comments be closed/deleted. That would be a shame, in my opinion; comments form a big part of the blog reading experience. The dialogue between responders enhances the the original post (well, most of the time; depends on the response). I enjoy reading Neo-neocon’s stuff quite a bit, but much of the enjoyment also comes from having a forum in which to expound, dissect, and debate on the postings. Not having that would sort of kill part of the joy.

Ma’am, do what you need to do in order to fight the spammers. I don’t mind, and from what I’m reading in the comments, most others don’t either. Fighting is better than surrendering the forum to cheap manipulators and profiteerists.

I have enjoyed reading your blog. Great stuff here! Come read the cookie recipes I’ve posted at….