Les Miserables

“Il y avait beaucoup de bouches qui parlent et fort peu de têtes qui pensent.”

“There were many mouths to talk and far and few between heads to think.”

–Les Miserables

I think this perfectly sums up the internet, the blogosphere and politics. Take a recent story on slashdot. The story is about a woman who entered a water drinking contest to win a nintendo Wii. Some people don’t know this but you can actually die from overdosing on water (and no, Hyperhydration it is not akin to drowning).

Simple enough but here is a comment from a slashdotter. Probably a troll. I actually dont have the source because the author removed it but basically he said that Nintendo should be held responsible because they created an artificial scarcity for the Wii to make more money and now someone is dead because of their marketing strategy.

If I have to explain to you everything wrong with that idea you probably shouldn’t be reading my blog.

BUT, feel free to stay 🙂 Everyone is welcome, please, bring your friends. Maybe just the cute one.

Les Miserables