When my friends forward me stuff on emails, I have always insisted that they verify if those things are true before forwarding. The reason is because I want to be able to trust what my friends are telling me, and to avoid the need to verify what was being told to me. I detest receiving stuff that is attributed to someone, but that person has never said or done such a thing.

Similarly, that same yardstick I apply to myself. I do not want my friends to consider that I am a source of false or untruthful information. I do not wish to mislead anyone into passing on a piece of false information. Whenever possible, I do my best to verify that the stuff I am posting are true, and if I even so much doubt its authenticity because of a typo, I will put up a disclaimer so those who read them are duly informed to take it with a pinch of salt.

I get exceptionally frustrated when I cannot verify something. And recently, the following posted on this blog has frustrated me because I was unable to ascertain its truthfulness:

I am not aware that comments can be deleted without leaving a trail. After all, I once deleted a comment from this entry on Cloudywind’s blog because of a typo and it left an indication of that deletion. And once you are logged on with your Google / Blogger account, the deletion icon – in the form of a trash bin – will be clearly visible beside your own comments. But in the case of this blog, there were no link or icons for similar effect.

So, how the hell did ‘Harry’ of ‘Why Nuffnang Will Fail‘ delete them? Did he hack the blog? If Harry has hacked it then that could possibly be a crime under the Misuse of Computer Act, which should be reported to the authorities for the appropriate action to be taken. And it is even more puzzling that if Harry has hacked it, why did he stop at just deleting the comments and not also change the password after wiping the site as well?

It is certainly bad manners and very unbecoming of someone to go around smearing someone’s reputation simply because the opponent held an opposing view. The accusing blogger should put his money where his mouth is and make a police report. If not, as a matter of principles, he should jolly well clear the name of the other blogger.

Of course he can refuse to do so but he can then go down as a liar and lose all credibility in blogosphere.

Now I’ll wait to see what lame excuses he’s going to come up with to justify his antics, which has so far been proven to be self righteous, if not self contradicting.