{"id":19,"date":"2000-06-23T22:53:36","date_gmt":"2000-06-24T01:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/?p=19"},"modified":"2011-08-17T12:27:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T16:27:44","slug":"class-clowns-village-idiot-on-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/class-clowns-village-idiot-on-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Clowns & Village Idiot on Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Based on a true Story)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay, the hell with world events, this is more important. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Once again Jason <\/strong>“make the girls cry<\/a>“ Kottke<\/strong> pens well-meaning thoughts<\/a> about rules and guidelines that will make MetaFilter<\/strong><\/a> a better place… Sparking a firebed of controversy and division in a trial more crucial than The Scopes Trial<\/strong> and Roe -vs- Wade<\/strong> put together. Well, not quite as big as the Lindbergh Baby<\/strong> or the The O.J. Trial<\/strong>…but you get my drift here. It’s pretty darn big!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lots of hidden potshots at us all, as Defendant\/Paralegal for the defense\/Village Idiot Joe Utsler<\/strong><\/a> found the line “You’re probably not as smart or funny or interesting or insightful as you think you are.<\/a><\/strong>” quite offensive. So did The<\/strong><\/a> Class<\/a> Clowns<\/a><\/strong>….<\/p>\n

Well frig you pal!!! My I.Q. is off the charts <\/strong>(well, somewhat higher than “86”, I’ll tell you that!), and within every joke, every scathing bit of satire I unleash, there contains a little nugget of truth that will change your very life!!!!<\/strong> Those following me over the past few years, are on the verge of unlocking the very secrets of the universe.<\/p>\n

\"\"Hopefully they will share this secret with me, as I still struggle with the concept of hot dogs coming 10 in a pack and the buns only 8. My kids are really sick of me force-feeding 40 hotdogs down their throats at lunch time….<\/p>\n

Defense attorney Jeffrey Zeldman<\/a><\/strong> said: “So not every post is a gem. Not every article in the newspaper catches my interest, either. So what?<\/a>” Exactly.<\/p>\n

Let’s talk newspapers here. There are days, where I care what’s going on in the world, and there are days where I skip straight to the comic strips<\/strong>, and chuck the newspaper in the garbage when I’m done. That’s me. That’s a lot of people I know. That also happens to be against the law as we’re supposed to recycle our newspapers, but that’s not the point. As witness Mark Morgan<\/a><\/strong> testified UNDER OATH: “Some days, I come here just to watch the pissing matches.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Now, don’t get me wrong here… I love Jason Kottke. He knows what the people want. People craved a spectacular website, so he brought us Osil8<\/strong><\/a>. Insomiacs worldwide cried out deperately for a cure, and he brought us his weblog<\/a><\/strong>… the web needs him. Like a hole in the hea<\/span> {Defense requests that remark be stricken off the record.}<\/p>\n