[crazygringo]

Normally I'd agree that ad hominem attacks are just that.

But in Bukowski's case, his life was his art. His personal issues were his art.

It's not like he had a few minor issues while he was writing beautiful sonnets about birds, where the issues have no bearing. His writing is about how he cheats on women, how he beat them, how he drank himself sick, basically about how he was just an a * * hole to people. He glorified it (your interpretation may vary as to this, but it is certainly read that way by many people).

Plenty of people appreciate Bukowski's honesty in his writing, but the idea that one should take advice from him... on anything... boggles the mind. Before anyone goes defending him, make sure you've read some of his stuff first.