As a matter of official policy I do not use this site or any other to advocate that people be taken out back and beaten with sticks until they are begging for the sweet, sweet release of unconsciousness.
The man arrested yesterday for planting two fake bombs near the Boston Marathon finish line is also a self-labelled performance artist who describes himself as “totes quirkster” and a “fashion designer first and a wannabe entrepreneur second.”
This policy of mine is, I am sure, a good one generally, although I am currently hard-pressed to come up with a justification for it at precisely this moment. Continue reading Boston Marathon hoax bomber: performance artist*.