What killed Professionalism, and are the police looking into it?

So, Ravelry provides me with almost as much drama as my cop/paranormal shows.
I recently read on this blog some craaaazy talk from someone who probably considered himself a professional. And to email it via Ravelry just seems the height of whack-a-doo, y'know?

Go, read it! I'll wait!

See? How crazy was that? I don't really take personal sides on the issue. I mean, I bought it for those lacy stockings, but I never really considered the lack of sizing options on most of the patterns... But, I digress.

The blogger was just that, a blogger. I know something about life, really, and I know that most blogger.com pages are unaffiliated with large, consumer-controlling, life-changing corporations. Blogs were originally intended to be personal, as in one person detailing their life, their ideas, and their opinions in what was hopefully an attempt to either self-treat mental blocks/issue through anonymous venting, or to reach out and find other like minds to support them in their causes.
(The day we allowed others to comment on our ideas was a sad day for ego, but a terrific day for bullies whose area of influence had reached it's physical limits. But, again, I digress.)

Blogs are, in short, personal opinions. Replying to them is usually unnecessary and largely pointless. Forums are where people can go to openly disucss ideas. Scrawling a note in my online diary does not un-make what I've stated, or re-work my mind. However, apparently one designer from the recent issue of Vogue Knitting decided that his particular brand of venom would cow the blogger into retraction and then silence? So he sent a very nasty email?
How can this possibly be construed as professional conduct???

Some helpful tips for the future:

1.) It's a blog. Try to regard them all as text messages from teenagers, and of little account to the larger workings of the world. Granted, some of them are very influential, but try to judge this on a blog-by-blog basis. If this person wanted their idea broadcast to the nation, they are probably aware of faster, more widespread ways. (I judge this based on the fact that the person in question has the technical knowledge to blog, and obvious access to the internet.)

2.) It is unprofessional to attack bloggers. They are, by definition, the underdog, the little-person, the common man. Attacking bloggers is fruitless, and makes you look like a complete dork/jerk/asshat.

2.) When you are published in a book/magazine/newsletter, try to consider that you represent that work and the publication it is printed in. Think twice, no, think fifteen or sixteen times before you hit 'send'. And then don't hit it. It's safer not to respond until twitter picks up the problem, or you get a go-ahead from the publication, or your agent. The world might call you 'late to the game' but you'll have a fantastic chance to carefully compose your response to get the best possible reaction.

3.) When judged harshly, try defending your work instead of assaulting the critic. And don't throw your employers under the bus by saying it was their idea that you change your masterpiece. Don't admit that you felt a design detail that you included was unnecessary and unflattering. Explain either your reasons for the inclusion (i.e. 'The magazine felt my design needed something extra to make it pop', 'the editors felt that my design as originally submitted lacked the sense of whimsy they were going for, and nothing is more whimsical than a ruffle', etc.) or direct naysayers to the appropriate venue so their ideas will reach the publication responsible for their ire.

4.) Always refrain from personal attacks directed at someone you've never met. This includes phrases like "Doughball." Try also not to judge someone's worth based on their influence in the 'knitting world'. Are you saying that unpublished knitters have no worth? That's not good for your audience. As knitters, they are helping to carry this craft forward into the future. Saying that only publication of your designs vindicates your interest in the craft is not only untrue, but also not helpful to your future career.

Also, know that because you were a douchebag, I am considering sending a complaint of your conduct to your recent employers, and will definitely not purchase anything you are involved in ever again. And I'm telling all my friends. They may be few, but they have other friends, and they have other friends, and so on. So at the end, all 12 of us (or more) will have been influenced more by your negative and overblown response than we would have been by the original blog.

***Obviously these rules only apply to those who wish to appear professional and collected. If you want to flame peta, or go nuts about teen sexting, be my guest, but if you get published, try to keep what good reputation you gained by the process.