2/25/2005
Have you taken The Michael Jackson Pledge?
Bloggers, journalists, commentators: Time is running out to take the Michael Jackson Pledge:
In the interests of talking about stuff that might have some remote bearing on peoples' actual lives and some dim relevance to our culture, economy or polity, I will refrain from writing or talking about the Michael Jackson trial or any kind of outside-the-courtroom freak show resulting from it.
I will openly mock any commentator who tries to draw easy moral lessons from this sick, sad story. I will change the subject if it comes up over a meal. I will switch the station if the talk-jocks try to pretend I should care about this any way, shape or form. I will leave dismissive comments on any blog that gets worked up over this. Not only do I not care, I don't care that I don't care.
It's a big world out there; lots other stuff is happening.
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