Our National Treasure Notes Some Stupid

Jon Carroll makes two points explicitly and one indirectly: The indirect one is that a lot of people out there resent having to think before opening their mouths. Maybe foot sandwich is a taste treat for them; who knows?

Of course, everyone wants to belong, and everyone wants to be part of the jolly throng of golden boys who throw and catch and block and tackle on weekend afternoons. But people have principles, too, or they should have, and sometimes things are not all right, things meant as jokes are not funny, and it might be good if people started saying so in real time.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/04/DD5E1928OA.DTL#ixzz0NEIWnvSM

P.S.: This site appends that tag line to articles, probably to remind everyone to link properly and not just quote. It's still annoying, though. What next, footnotes?