This whole Letterman thing is trivial, to say the least.

[IsItJustMe]

On a scale of one to tem, with one being happy as peaches and tem being the end of the world. I would rate the importance of Letterman’ joke at about a .001.

Just take a look around. Two wars, bankers ripping the American tax payer a new ass hole, folks loosing their jobs, homes, and no longer being able to pay their credit cards off, and this is the type of fricking non sense that captures peoples attention.

When I read some of the posts here regarding this matter, and how absolutely horrible this was, I have to just laugh and ask myself, “Yeah, compared to what?”

I don’t know if this brain rot is primarily an American phenomena, or human nature. I did read about a Frenchman once, who was worried about a boil on his neck as he was about to be beheaded with an ax, so maybe it’s human nature.

But when I look at this issue in the grand schema of things, all it is to me is dispersion, misdirection, and noise. It’s kind of sad that these are the types of things that fill our political dialog in this country, rather than the real things that are happening in this country to real people.

[KharmaTrain]

1. Short Attention Span Theater...

First of all...give some folks around here the credit for being able to multi-task and follow several issues at a time. Many can and do sort out which have real importance and which is the bright shiny toy of the moment. If anything, this is a place where you can discuss that toy...expose it and examine all the motives as to why its so bright and shiny.

In the overall scheme of things this means little and soon we'll have another bright, shiny toy to fascinate. This is how the corporate media operates. As we saw with the situation inside Iran, they've downsized and cheapened their product where real news isn't covered while manufactured "news" gets the attention. They can't control what goes on 7,000 miles away, but they can manipulate a Letterman vs. Palin or what did Rushbo say or some other stink bomb to get viewers and buzz.

Real problems remain real...these sideshows don't distract from that. The dilemma many face these days is that there are so many problems in many areas...many that are tangled messes...when one issue is tackled, there are complaints that others are being ignored.

Some of us are keeping an eye on the ball...

Cheers...

[lxlxlxl]

2. There is a lot of b.s. on D.U.

Your absolutely right.

It's not like we can tell people what to post or care about, but it is pretty amazing that 1 out of every 4 posts or more is about something someone saw on Drudge, heard on Rush, or what Glenn Beck thinks. I don't think people understand media anymore, and what 'relevance' or 'significance' is. It's not a DU thing of course, but the more and more we get into what the opposition cares about, and not what we care about or do, then the other side wins.

It's probably not an American phenomena either, but just a material reality of 'internet' world.

[Cresent City Kid]

3. We don't even get to the bottom of the shallow end of the pool

This is small potatos in a world where hundreds of millions don't even have potatos. That said, there could potentially be a meaningful conversation about jokes and where we should place limits, but instead crap is flung in both directions.

It's like the argument sketch from Monty Python:
"An argument is the exchange of ideas, it's not just saying 'yes it is, no it isn't'"
"Yes it is."
"No it isn't!"

[Bucky]

4. So basically you're in favor of beheading Frenchmen

This comment is a distraction from the main point of your thread.