Hmmmm.
Name-calling?
As far as I can recall, the Chief of the Mudcat Editing Team is generally quite careful not to directly refer to anybody by a name. He might refer to somebody who engages in such-and-such conduct as an "idiot"; but he rarely, if ever, would say that "so and so is an idiot." The "Chief of the Mudcat Editing Team" uses such oblique references in much the same way that another might use an oblique reference such as "Chief of the Mudcat Editing Team."

The "Chief of the Mudcat Editing Team" does admit that on one occasion, he referred to the multi-named poster of copy-paste posts as a "pain in the ass." The person had posted pages and pages of copy-paste information that was available in many other places - and posted only copy-paste information with nothing at all that he/she had written - and used a different sender's name in every post.

As for the "buffoon," it was a conclusion drawn within the context of a description of behavior of a person who prefers to discuss matters with out-of-context quotes instead of directly with the source of those quotes. He can't argue with a full, logical presentation of an idea, so he resorts to arguing with out-of-context excerpts and splitting discussions into dozens of threads. Sounds like buffoonery to me.

-Joe Offer-