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...that Heather Havrilesky was secretly a snide little bully, and now her excuses for Cliff's attack of Marcel seem to prove it. Jesus, how dimwitted must you be not to recognize that forfeiting a game show because you COMMITTED ASSAULT AND BATTERY is not in the same league as getting voted off "Survivor" (much less comparable to a sibling squabble)? Do you not actually comprehend that Cliff committed a criminal offense against Marcel? No matter how irritating Marcel's been -- and the more I watch the show, the more I think Marcel's primarily guilty of being socially awkward more than anything else -- there is NOTHING that justifies what Cliff did to him while the others egged him on.
What would you say if it had been a woman dragged out of bed, held on the floor, and threatened with having her shaved by a man twice her size -- all while others stood around hooting with approval? Would that have been "interesting" to you as well? (Meanwhile, over in England, everyone's been just terribly nasty to that poor little Jade Goody on "Celebrity Big Brother," haven't they? It's "interesting," too, isn't it, that she and uses racist taunts against a housemate, causes an international incident, and gets kicked off? Spin that one for us, too, Heather!)
Jesus. It's clear Havrilesky doesn't have the critical thinking skills to be utterly embarrassed by her two-bit reductive bullshit, but I would hope someone at Salon, at least, does.
