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Losers in the corn

Posted by Ron Coleman on September 25, 2007

“Police Find Swastika Cut Into Acres Of N.J. Cornfield” — what a great way to get a lot of attention, anonymously or otherwise (anonymous attention can be quite a lot of fun), without actually achieving anything or for that matter even really hurting anyone.

The worst thing you could have done to the kids who did this would have been not to have reported it at all, which would take the kind of discipline previously reserved for people who run onto the field at ball games in order to get on TV.  This is the same level of stupidity.  The swastika is nothing, in this context, but a “Hi Mom!” sign.

2 Responses to “Losers in the corn”

  1. Ara's avatar

    Ara said

    It’s a corollary to Godwin’s Law, writ large.

    I’m just saying.

  2. Godwin’s law is the Murphey’s law for the net. Brilliant.

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