Monday, January 14, 2008

Gizmodo confuses being a jerk for civil disobedience

You'd think that Gawker property Gizmodo would want everyone to forgot about that stupid prank they played at the Consumer Electronics show, but lo and behold, today they publish a long-winded, meandering diatribe futilely attempting to justify said prank as an act of civil disobedience. Author Brian Lam even likens the incident to stunts pulled by Steve Wozniak, a comparison that is quickly and thoroughly debunked in the comments which accompany the piece and elsewhere around the blogosphere.

In fact, the negative reaction to the post is rather startling, considering that these are all people who have presumably been pre-screened as appropriate, complacent commenters. If this is what their fans think of them, one can only imagine the unsung bitterness stewing among the silent masses. And so the Deathwatch continues.

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