This blog is intended to both poke fun at, and shed light on, the confluence of a couple of phenomena of the internet age: the level of discourse one finds on “comment” areas of newspapers, magazines, blogs, etc., and the polarization of the nation into just two camps (liberal or conservative, pepsi or coke, tastes great or less filling).

I've called it “Be Reasonable” to bring focus to what is out of focus: that people don’t seem to be able to engage in reasonable discussion or reasonable disagreement, but instead act in disrespectful ways to feel like they’ve made their point. Of course, this does nothing of the sort. So, I am here to implore people to please, take a look at the items I post here…see yourself in them…and “Be Reasonable” for once.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Zombies!


In case you aren’t aware, the human race currently stands at the precipice of a ‘zombie apocalypse.’  In fact, depending upon your circle of friends, two creatures seem to dominate communication nowadays: zombies or vampires.  So, it should come as no surprise that two recent horrific news stories caught the imagination of the American public from coast-to-coast.


The first was bad enough: a man in Florida attacked a homeless man in such a violent attack that he ate…yes, ate…75% of the homeless man’s face before he was shot and killed by the Miami police.  The second involved a couple of Maryland college students, one of whom killed the other and then ate…yes, ate…the other’s heart and brain.  Zombie Apocalypse “experts” seized on these stories as proof that their favorite pastime (preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse) was more than just a lark.  Clearly this deserves some discussion:


Well, that’s an interesting argument “Gayle Bridge.”  If I understand you correctly, this could have been stopped earlier if an ordinary citizen had been armed and shot the guy, because the trained officer who was armed and shot the guy didn’t stop him?  Okay…


That makes good sense “sinbadsailor,” dispatchers waiting patiently while a caller relates their story.

“Hello, 911, what’s your emergency?”
“THERE’S A GUY EATING ANOTHER GUY’S FACE!  AUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHH!!!”
“Okay, sir, coul…”
“WAIT, I’M NOT DONE…AAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!”
“Sir…”
“STILL NOT DONE….AAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!”


Ummmm, you guys seriously turned a story about a guy eating a guy’s face off into a political argument?  Wow…even I think that is unbelieveable.  "AndrewCane" you agree with me don’t you?


Uhhhh…kay, way to show them how to keep your political ideology out of it Andrew.


Geez, “timdog69” I certainly hope you’re referring to the discussion and not the actual story.  Although from this comment board, I can’t really tell.


Really?  All four of you?  Back-to-back-to-back-to-back taking issue with the coverage of the story that YOU read, and then YOU commented on?  Yes, what a…waste…of…time.


WTF?  I’m very happy for you “Rebecca Phillips” but I think you might have the wrong comment string.  At least I hope you have the wrong comment string!


Okay, clearly I am not going to get any reasonable discussion on this topic.  So, vampire lovers, read your books and go to your movies; zombie experts, continue to keep the rest of safe and informed of the coming Apocalypse.

Be Reasonable

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2 comments:

  1. EmilyJune 3, 2012 at 8:13 PM

    At least I got me a new man! He keeps me satisfied, 'cause he's a GOP'er! Or a liberal! Whatever...this story is so dumb that I read it three times before I left this here totally coherent comment!

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