Don't act like this was his only offense. He also accepted free food at a soup kitchen.

Wouldn't DB's just interfere every time they're about to get beaten 15+ yards down the field?

To be more specific, asshole teenagers (and assholes in general) are still assholes. This wouldn't have occurred to me at the age of 8, 12, 15, 19, etc. Shitty people are just shitty, and no amount of PC "everyone is inherently good" justification can fix that.

I thought bed rest meant playing video games from the recliner all morning until you were tired. Then napping. Eating a snack and start watching a movie. More napping. Eating some crackers and soup. Then going to bed for the night.

Prosecute swatters as attempted murder.

Even non-Russians like Miikka Kiprusoff have joined the movement!

I know this guy that's a really talented janitor. He's probably the best janitor ever. But he still gets paid like a janitor because there isn't much of a market for janitors in the US. You don't have to worry about embarrassing the WNBA; the embarrassment is inherent.

Yeah, when are American billionaires going to step up and pay women millions of dollars to play a sport no one wants to watch them play?

Huh... I thought it was supposed to honor the victims' average height of 4'09" at the time the abuse occurred.

I'm not sure kids being up late one night is exactly the problem in this story.

"The average person can get this exposure, if they want it. You can read Gawkers Letters from Death Row, which has been going on for years without people deciding it's the greatest thing to happen to storytelling since storytelling was invented: http://gawker.com/tag/death-row-…. You can read up on the many…

You want people to know about these injustices but get upset about a popular podcast broadcasting to millions of people about these problems. That makes zero sense.

"All this show did was make a bunch of sheltered, oblivious, middle-class Americans feel very smart about themselves. Out here, stuck in real life with the rest of us, it was just another day in the courthouse."

Your piece about Serial mirrors your critique thereof. You started off well, and laid a thesis on us:

Thanks for your reply. I absolutely agree that people can get exposure if they want it. Serial isn't the only place to hear about the shortcomings of our justice system and I don't think that was the draw. I already knew how testimonies could be influenced or how evidence could be manipulated but it still was very…

"Somebody became really popular and famous for doing something I did all the time!"

Yeah, so, you are missing the biggest point of it all. The average person doesn't get exposure to a case like this for more than a short segment on the news or a bastardized version on law and order. This podcast was interesting because it delved deep into a case that seemed rather ordinary on paper. It showed…

All this show did was make a bunch of sheltered, oblivious, middle-class Americans feel very smart about themselves. Out here, stuck in real life with the rest of us, it was just another day in the courthouse.

Dear Watt, I wrote you but you still ain't calling