from the "blah blah blah" dept.

I've always thought that the annonymous comments on online news stories are stupid. And I'm not the only one.

Victoria Times-Colonist columnist (a Colonist columnist?!) Jack Knox hits the nail on the head with his piece entitled: "Technology gives voice to those with nothing to say"

After last week’s awful care-home shooting in Gibsons, users of the CBC’s website were invited to add their comments to the posted version of the story.

This, dear reader, is what a correspondent who identified himself only as Bad To The Bone had to contribute to the on-line discussion: “Bummer.”

Which is the point at which I jammed a sharpened pencil in my eye, repeatedly. [MORE]

I couldn't agree more.

Cheers!