SNN is up, and I have a contribution this week. It’s on the tough guys who talk about what they would have done if they’d been in Norris Hall last Monday at Virginia Tech.
In other blogs, Mac Thomason has a new place, and as always, I’m sending people his way. We’ve been blog-buddies for years, and my favorite thing to do is send him the odd news articles that he likes so much and see how funny his references get. This one’s a great example. I am torn between feeling sorry for that child, and laughing at the excerpt Mac found. Hm. Wonder if that kid is eligible for a Darwin Award?
Jim Treacher and I are often guilty of thinking alike. Here’s what he has to say about the Tough Guys blaming the Tech victims for not being courageous enough, or something. (Scroll down to see Treacher’s comments on the Steyn column which is, quite frankly, full. of. crap.)
I may put up the transcript of my podcast later in the week, but for now, if you want to hear my thoughts, go listen.
Update: Ignore that last paragraph. Things I read pissed me off too much, and the transcript goes up tonight.
Damned good points, there. I agree with Steyn that we shouldn’t be infantilizing twenty- and thirty-something college students (and the line about the media’s selective infantilization is a classic), but then he goes totally off the rails with his tough-guy, “if only we didn’t treat them like babies they would have gone all Todd Beamer on Cho’s ass” screed.
Bad idea to watch “300” just before writing a column. He needs to do some paragliding, or whatever he does to burn off excess testosterone, first.