great article from the onion

I used to visit The Onion for my weekly dose of absurd news. I had kindof forgotten about it until today. Here's an article for all you moms and dads out there who are tired of those cuts and scrapes caused by their child's vivid imaginations.

The sad thing is, some people actually think the news on here is for real. I made the mistake of reading the "comments" sections on the HP7 reviews in Christianity Today and I regretted it immediately: someone had used the Onion as a source for the "fact" that J.K. Rowling is a practicing witch. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. I still read the entire load of tripe and falsehood--what else could I do? It's like watching the President of Iran talk about how the holocaust didn't happen, and all you can do in the face of it is stare in disbelief. It's just too much to take in; first, there really are loads of incredibly stupid, ignorant people out there, and second, that they can spread their stupidity via the internet, for all the world to see. Capping it all are the virulent spelling and grammatical errors and ALL CAPS shouting to lend their rants some real credibility. All the tripe was on a Christian website, no less, so at least there weren't any f-bombs and references to people's mothers, but I think it made things even worse. It's easier to dismiss someone as a loony when they're cursing, probably drunk, and can't use a computer.

(ps. the image is from an amazing site called "Flame Warriors," all about the personalities of people who are members of internet message boards. He's got great descriptions, and funny illustrations, of all those wacky folks in the online community)