I do agree though that Whizzer & Chips was funnier

I've been avoiding blogging about that comic strip thingy that the blogosphere is awash with because it just seems so childish to me. A bunch of people complaining that they didn't like this or that particular cartoon or didn't get this or that particular joke just reminds me of my old school playground. I didn't find it interesting then and I don't find it interesting now. The kids that did find it interesting from an intellectual point of view went on to become Guardian readers and the kids doing the complaining eventually became deeply involved in the fast food industry.

However, this piece of blather from the BBC's Michael Buchanan has forced me out of my silence:

Denmark's reputation as an easy-going, consensual nation has been severely tarnished in recent days. All the Danes can do now is hope the repeated apologies for the offence caused, by both the government and the newspaper, will end this unseemly row.

Here's the thing. Do you think someone pays him to so completely get the wrong end of the stick? I can't remember the last time I saw such a wrong headed analysis or opinion of a situation. Astonishing. Or perhaps I'm just turning into the type that doesn't get the joke.

Posted by John at February 2, 2006 09:11 AM | TrackBack