Washingtonpost.com Executive Editor Jim Brady is fielding questions in an online discussion right now, in part to answer questions about the recent decision to suspend comments on Post blogs and Deborah Howell's latest column. The general mood about these two items was best captured in, well, the first question asked of Brady:

Cache Valley, Utah: if ya can't stand the heat...

Publish partisan lies and not expect a backlash? Get real pal!!!

Fire that f***ing b**** forthwith and all's well that ends well, no? Otherwise, batten down the hatches, pal, 'cause there's a storm a brewin' and it's gonna be nasty.

Respectfully yours.