Hello, k00kologists -- may I direct your attention to the following
crossposted newsgroups, where you will see for yourselves a rather sad
state of affairs. :-( ...To wit, a Usenet self-mutilation of sorts:
k00ky posters inventing sockpuppet personas so they can beat
themselves up with their other sockpuppet personas. Among other
things.

I think you may find some fresh meat here -- (pun intended, hee hee
hee...) Google Jonathan OR Jon Ball for starters...

ipse dixit <f@chance> wrote in message >. ..
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:24:59 -0400, "farrell77" > wrote:
> >"ipse dixit" <f@chance> wrote in message ...
> >>
> >> Benfez has recently reappeared, or so it seems, but
> >> denies making certain quotes concerning Salt's
> >> essay, Logic of the larder. His quotes tell us he
> >> lied;
> >
> >[...snip...]
> >
> >> It's Jonathan Ball posing as an old poster here, or
> >> Benfez always was Jonathan to begin with.
> >
> >I thought it was jb right from the first couple posts. There
> >are too many stylistic similarities and use of pet phrases. If
> >Benfez is jb, then he's been much better behaved and this
> >incarnation is a welcome improvement.
>
> I noted that both make the same claim in that they
> independently arrived at Salt's conclusion before
> reading his essay.
>
> "I accept his analysis, and in fact independently arrive
> at it before I had even read Salt's essay."
> Benfez 2004-04-29
>
> "I'd like to point out that I articulated the thought entirely
> independently, before I had ever heard of Salt or anyone
> else who says the same thing"
> Jonathan Ball 2004-01-10
>
> "I arrived at the same conclusion independently, without
> ever having heard of Salt."
> Jonathan Ball 2004-02-20
>
> But why would Jon invent someone just to knock this bogus
> person out of the ring later by stating things like?
>
> "I think any reference to the stupid argument should
> have "****wit" and "David Harrison" in it. ****WIT
> is the only idiot who believes it. Benfez thought he
> believed it for a while, and that crippled shitworm
> Dreck was cackling with glee over it, but the guy
> abandoned it when the illogic of it was explained to
> him. ****WIT is all alone, again."
> Jonathan Ball 2004-02-02
>
> That's just so sad.