Should forums who clearly backed an HD DVD agenda be called out and boycotted?

[SavagePotato]

I've often wondered, since I have never met an hd-dvd supporter face to face what kind of discussion would take place in person without the shield of anonymity between the two.

Moreover I've wondered what it would be like to meet some of these super rabid fanatical hd-dvd supporters face to face. Would they be half as cocky and ridiculous as they are behind the wall of the web?

Taking phone calls all day for a living and being a person not at all of typical scrawny geek nature has led to some interesting meetings in that department that lead me to believe these people would lose the wind in their sails. I have had a few extremely hostile customers do the "I'm coming into the store" thing and come stomping in puffed up like a penguin and backpedal completely when they actually get to looking you in the eye and realize "oh.. wait I'm not hiding behind a phone anymore"

I guess really it's done a service in showing the true colors and integrity of some of these sites. I won't read Gizmodo any longer, and have no interest in visiting AVS, even though I did quite regularly when shopping for my plasma. I don't have any confidence in the quality of information I am getting from such a site after the behavior that went on.