I've been vaguely following the debate in the US on the Tucson shootings.
Like some of those with Foxtel, I sometimes watch FoxNews with a morbid fascination, usually for a very short time hoping for reasonable discussion, but probably more so to see what depths of dumbness they descend to.
I think I saw the nadir yesterday. Glenn Beck is one of the major targets of those against the right-wing shock jocks and is one who many think has incited some to violence. I don't make any comment either way on that, as I don't know enough to form an opinion.
However, as I watched, he said that a US Senator was going to bring in a bill to prohibit citizens from buying 30 round magazines for their guns (yes, this is America and it's a different place).
Naturally he was opposed to that (we all need big magazines for our Glocks). His argument:
"If you ban things that are bad, then why not ban other things that are bad.
Like sadness. Sadness is bad, so why not ban sadness"
As I quickly changed channels, I think you can all imagine me saying words to the effect of:
"You're kidding, what a ******* dickhead"
People believe these idiots