Life in the Banana Patch

A collection of thoughts and asides about life. And if I think of anything that needs to be mocked, it will show up here.

"If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way."
--Bertrand Russell

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

So, let's recap: John Mark Karr was facing some sort of sex charges in Thailand, which may or may not have involved children, when he confessed to killing JonBenet Ramsey. So Thailand quickly extradited Karr, who was almost as quickly cleared of any, repeat, any involvement in the Ramsey case. So Karr was sent to California where there were pending child pr0n charges against him. These were dropped due to lack of evidence.

So, someone who has done nothing wrong was stopped by police near a school he used to teach at. They took his name but did nothing else because he did nothing illegal. And it made CNN's front page!

His fifteen minutes just keeps going and going and going.

Thank you MainStream Media! Can I get those minutes of my life back?