Comments on: Our Morning Roundup: Choice Is so Overrated

By: Will Atwood Mitchell

Will Atwood Mitchell — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:13:58 +0000

I agree, the use of strikeouts in this article is confusing. The 'joke' use at the top sets up the wrong expectation for the 'correction' use below. Either the 'joke' should be changed to something like "big brother, err... the Dept. of Homeland security" or the correction should simply be made and then acknowledged.

By: creativemeat

creativemeat — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:46:13 +0000

I'm just saying, do we have to know you made a mistake/correction?

I'm alright with using strikeouts for jokes as long as we leave the option of strikeouts for strikeout jokes that are unfunny. Is that even possible?

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:00:50 +0000

@creativemeat: Is seeing strikeouts used for two separate purposes confusing? Should I stick with one version over the other? Should I have deleted the erroneous information and posted a correction in an italicized update at the bottom of the post?

I'm totally open to suggestions on this one.

By: creativemeat

creativemeat — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:39:18 +0000

When did strikeouts become some ethical form of transparency? And now we use them for jokes? Cmon mikey!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:29:48 +0000

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:34:16 +0000

Thnx Dave. Corrected.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:06:13 +0000

LibTav (as the kids are calling it these days) has been smoke-free since it opened in Apr. of 2007. Get yr facts straight.