I did ping him when I first brought up the issue. This time I wasn't commenting directly on the post but addressing the claim that "several" people had made that misspelling when in fact #40 was the first (and then echoed by someone else later). I'm not discussing him per se at this time and I'm certainly not insulting him so didn't feel the need to ping him.
A mere reference to a post does not require the ping, but a comment about the poster (making a freudian slip..har har har) in an insulting manner certainly does.
The poster we are discussing was responding to my post in #25. I understand the order of how things happened, but think the Freudian slip comment would have been made to post #40 if it was directed at that person.
And I have seen and sure you have seen dozens of comments about other peoples posts, sometimes not very complimentary, and as long as names aren't mentioned, pings generally aren't issued.
Regardless, this seems to be a rather trivial matter considering the issue at hand that was being discussed. And that is whether Krauthammer is a bigot and hates Christianity. As I consider Krauthammer one of the most staunch defenders of Christianity on the national news, I could not let some previous comments made on this thread pass unanswered. Let's not get bogged down on other matters.