Please ladies and gentlemen, it takes two to tangle. One cannot control another's behaviours, only one's own. If a poster's contributions consistently bother one, go to "User CP > Edit Ignore List > Add User To Your List", then click "Okay", then to exit, place a tick in the "Check" box and click "Save Changes".
The user's name still shows up in the thread but not the post's text. There is a "View post" prompt in the top-right corner of the post so if you wish to view an individual contribution you can do so by clicking on the prompt.
If someone is making your experience here unpleasant, rather than engaging, use the ignore feature and keep contributions to this thread on-topic. If you wish to engage, perhaps the PM feature is a good alternative.
Some enjoy the fight but the thread has deteriorated so badly and there are so many posts to wade through already that it is getting tiresome and unattractive as a technical discussion on AF447.