I think this was supposed to be funny. It's really not so much.

Wow. There's not a thing about that piece that isn't pathetic and racist.

("But don't you GET it? It's SATIRE!" I can hear the protestation by the author now.)

"But don't you GET it? It's SATIRE!" I can hear the protestation by the author now.

Yeah. Where's your sense of humor?

I come home to find that in addition to the tumbling drifts of cathair, Loki has added shredded junk mail inserts. Dime sized shreds. And now he just knocked a bowl of food down the stairs.

Well, this weekend is a cleaning weekend. I don't know if I can wait that long!

I think I need to punch Joel Stein in the face.

Wow. There's not a thing about that piece that isn't pathetic and racist.

("But don't you GET it? It's SATIRE!" I can hear the protestation by the author now.)

Of course. And, you know, I get satire. But holy crap.

A good (but very long) takedown of that Joel Stein piece. [link]

Joel Stein changed his facebook status to: "Didn’t meant to insult Indians with my column this week. Also stupidly assumed their emails would follow that Gandhi non-violence thing."

(Although that article did finally explain to me what's up with the roof on that Indian sweet shop -- I'd always thought that was a really weird-looking roof for that building, but hadn't realized it was a Pizza Hut roof with the logo taken off until I read this.)

we started to understand why India is so damn poor.

No. You don't understand a damn thing. Especially when your follow up is this.

Also stupidly assumed their emails would follow that Gandhi non-violence thing

Sara, I am coming to terms with the idea that Homer destroyed my bath mat while I was gone (I've been thinking I can wash it with bleach and it will be OK, but I am not confident of that...), but I figure that's not a terrible result, all things considered.

Joel Stein changed his facebook status to: "Didn’t meant to insult Indians with my column this week. Also stupidly assumed their emails would follow that Gandhi non-violence thing."

I stupidly assume that he is TOTALLY COOL when he is the target of racist commentary and attacks.

Didn’t meant to insult Indians with my column this week.

Then perhaps you should haven't written about how they ruined your hometown and a lot of them are stupid so their country is poor and you think you should have made fun of their religion when you were a kid and how, geez, spicy food makes you feel so alienated.

Also love how he got the line about Indians now looking like Guidos in there, because apparently the producers of "Jersey Shore," "Real Housewives of New Jersey," "Jersey Couture," "Jerseylicious," and "Cake Boss" have made a rule against writing anything about New Jersey without including the word "Guido."