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Published Letters: 1071 Editor's Choice: 19
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@Blunderdog
[Read the article: Halftime harassment]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]>Just march a few crowds of obnoxious drunks out of the stadium. That might actually WORK, but it's hard to imagine a for-profit institution trying to sell tickets would want to drum up that kind of attention.<
Um, those who run stadiums are learning (if they haven't already) that their bottom line takes a much bigger hit if their properties get a rep. for out-of-control fan behavior than if they just do some preventive maintenance. And with some stadiums, it went past just having security--the Philadelphia Eagles old stadium had fans so wack and such horrible PR therefrom that city officials and the NFL set up a municipal courtroom on the premises to deal with the problem.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E5DC1E3BF937A15752C1A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2005/10/fear_before_las.html
They learned (as the Giants stadium crew just did) that if you let that stuff go unchecked, it never gets better, only worse. And as far as the Jet fan ritual goes, it was only a matter of time before some woman got seriously injured or raped--and that _would_ have generated some bad-news "attention" Not to mention lawsuits the stadium would have been in no position to win, given that their security people knew about this problem and did nothing.
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Frankly, I'm glad to hear new music wherever it shows up...
[Read the article: The divine sound of silence]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...because terrestial radio is pretty much a dead loss, and I can't afford satelite radio. I find some good stuff when I use iFill (a nifty little program that lets you download internet radio to you iPod for listening later).
>There's a joint near me where the bartender loves Counting Crows, the louder the better. Thanks to him I can't even hear a Counting Crows song without it triggering a bout of indigestion.<
Hee. There's a Subway shop near me (it's in New Jersey, natch) that plays nothing but Springsteen no matter what time of day you wander in. I've actually heard a couple of cuts there that I hadn't been exposed to before, but it would be nice if the owner would vary things up a bit.
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@froggy
[Read the article: The divine sound of silence]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]God, the silence when you go outside after a snowstorm is just wonderful. A friend of mine (now deceased, unfortunately) lived in Harlem, but after every snow he would head to Central Park just to hear its unique silence. He said there was nothing like it--a hush dead in the middle of the city.
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Um...
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]>It's just impossible to watch with an 8-year old when you have continuous commercials for Desperate Housewives,<
It would be just impossible to see commercials for DH on TAR, since the latter is on CBS and the former is on ABC. Are you this concerned when they show CSI: WHEREVER commercials or ads for violent shows during TAR, btw? I'd bet good money not...
>Can't we keep the dirty jokes confined to Fox? Can't we run the race without someone repeatedly referring to his partners boobs? <
Well, that's a good opportunity for you to explain to your child that that 1) someone is a jerk; 2) why what he said was totally inappropriate, no?
>If a team happens to be a gay couple, can't they just be highlighted as "New Yorkers" or something?<
Because as we all know, most "New Yorkers" are gay or tend that way...:)
>What does their conjugal status have to do with the race?<
And if there are African-American teams on there, can't they act more...white, or something? Yes, we dassint scare the children. :P Do you really want shows sanitized of "uncomfortable" behavior to the point people are all the same? The point of TAR is that it's a diverse world out there. And part of the fun of the show is seeing different kinds of people react to cultural challenges as well as the show's obstacles. If that makes you so uncomfortable, well--there's always the Hallmark channel.
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Ah, but the iPod Touch...
[Read the article: The Salon Gift Guide]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...doesn't have nearly as much memory as either one of the iPod Classics, unfortunately. It would probably fill up way quick given that it deals in byte-heavy video information. One is probably better off just waiting for iPod Touch Next Gen...
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@pyramus
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I stand corrected on that score. :) My apologies to Anonymous and yourself.
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Well, just continue to not invite readers to the party, then...
[Read the article: Kansas O'Flaherty ... Secret Agent]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Geez, you guys. This isn't a comic strip--this is a giggly, unbearably smug info-dump about characters we can't care about and events we don't give a damm about. And I get the awful feeling that even if the author/artist condescended to let us in on the joke, it would be about as funny as six Williamsburg-designed caskets. If this is some funky net misdirection experiment designed so that irate readers can provide the real entertainment by dissing this mess, I'll be happy to continue obliging...:)
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@Pennywhistler
[Read the article: Kansas O'Flaherty ... Secret Agent]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Williamsburg, Brooklyn is notorious for the ghastly number of pretentious, trust-fund artistes that took up residence there during the 90's. This strip is exactly the kind of thing they would put out. In fact, it's the kind of thing badly-run pre-'net-bust sites like Den would run as content.