What did you do with my RWHN?

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Nah, this is about Rolling Stone desperately trying to remain relevant. 

So what you're really saying is that you've made up your mind and nothing is going to change it and anything that doesn't agree with what you've already decided is bad and you're going to condemn it.

Gotcha.

Hello.  To whom are you speaking, again?

I shouldn't be disappointed, I know.

[Doktor Howl]

Nah, this is about Rolling Stone desperately trying to remain relevant. 

So what you're really saying is that you've made up your mind and nothing is going to change it and anything that doesn't agree with what you've already decided is bad and you're going to condemn it.

Gotcha.

Uhh, yeah sure.

Yeah, we can't base this sort of thing on 4 years of established behavior or anything.   

[Doktor Howl]

"I'm just giving PD what it wants" in 3...2...1...

[Doktor Howl]

What's next, demanding the the Sex Offenders Registry be taken offline because it rewards those sick fucks by making their names public? It's a type of FAME, after all, and everybody wants FAME. At any price. It is the principal motivator.

I for one am outraged that an original piece of reporting, including multiple interviews with people who knew the Boston Bomber and have not been interviewed before, have a picture of said bomber.  An entirely unaltered picture, previously published by other media.  And I am very outraged that they had the audacity to put it on the front page, and only call him a "monster".

He's an existential risk.  C'mon people.

Yes, they should have shoveled it under the carpet, like decent folks.

[AFK]

What's next, demanding the the Sex Offenders Registry be taken offline because it rewards those sick fucks by making their names public? It's a type of FAME, after all, and everybody wants FAME. At any price. It is the principal motivator.

These two things aren't even in the same zipcode fer crissakes.

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

RWHN- like a horticulturist that cuts off diseased branches but never thinks to take a look at the roots.

[Cain]

Y'know the absolute best part about the image?

This is the one favoured by the "Dzhokhar is Innocent" groupies and conspiracy theorists, for obvious reasons.  Yet, in using it, while calling him a "monster" and detailing how he ended up turning to terrorism and murder, they're entirely negating the positive associations that said groups are going for.

I realise this may be far too subtle for the MY OUTRAGE MEANS THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS brigade, but so is practically everything.

[Doktor Howl]

Y'know the absolute best part about the image?

This is the one favoured by the "Dzhokhar is Innocent" groupies and conspiracy theorists, for obvious reasons.  Yet, in using it, while calling him a "monster" and detailing how he ended up turning to terrorism and murder, they're entirely negating the positive associations that said groups are going for.

I realise this may be far too subtle for the MY OUTRAGE MEANS THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS brigade, but so is practically everything.

You just don't understand America, Cain.  You're using the front part of your brain too much.

[AFK]

Nah, this is about Rolling Stone desperately trying to remain relevant.

No, this is about your control issues.  Just like always.

Why should a store sell something it doesn't want to sell?

I don't think they should have to.  I simply won't spend money at places where they feel that either A)  I can't be trusted to think for myself, or B) lack the fucking moral courage to deal with an issue.

And the problem with this is?

[Doktor Howl]

Nah, this is about Rolling Stone desperately trying to remain relevant.

No, this is about your control issues.  Just like always.

Why should a store sell something it doesn't want to sell?

I don't think they should have to.  I simply won't spend money at places where they feel that either A)  I can't be trusted to think for myself, or B) lack the fucking moral courage to deal with an issue.

And the problem with this is?

Gutlessness pisses me off. 

It's revolting.  Stomach-turning.

And it's what you're selling.  Can someone take this off the shelves, please?  It offends me.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Y'know the absolute best part about the image?

This is the one favoured by the "Dzhokhar is Innocent" groupies and conspiracy theorists, for obvious reasons.  Yet, in using it, while calling him a "monster" and detailing how he ended up turning to terrorism and murder, they're entirely negating the positive associations that said groups are going for.

I realise this may be far too subtle for the MY OUTRAGE MEANS THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS brigade, but so is practically everything.

Pretty well-played, all things considered.

[Cain]

How dare Rolling Stone exploit this story for commercial gain.  Exploiting all events for commercial gain is not the job of magazine!

[Cain]

Northeastern University criminologist Jack Levin told MyFoxBoston.com that the cover could send a dangerous message to others who might be minded to carry out violence: "If they want to become famous, kill somebody."

Whereas, 24 hour rolling coverage of the bombings, followed by a city-wide lockdown, presumably does not send the message that fame comes from violence. 

It's different when respectable media does it.   

[AFK]

Northeastern University criminologist Jack Levin told MyFoxBoston.com that the cover could send a dangerous message to others who might be minded to carry out violence: "If they want to become famous, kill somebody."

Whereas, 24 hour rolling coverage of the bombings, followed by a city-wide lockdown, presumably does not send the message that fame comes from violence. 

It's different when respectable media does it.   

No, it's shitty when they do it too.

[AFK]

Nah, this is about Rolling Stone desperately trying to remain relevant.

No, this is about your control issues.  Just like always.

Why should a store sell something it doesn't want to sell?

I don't think they should have to.  I simply won't spend money at places where they feel that either A)  I can't be trusted to think for myself, or B) lack the fucking moral courage to deal with an issue.

And the problem with this is?

Gutlessness pisses me off. 

It's revolting.  Stomach-turning.

And it's what you're selling.  Can someone take this off the shelves, please?  It offends me.

I'm not selling anything.  My opinion is it is a classless move on the part of Rolling Stone.  I support people boycotting them because of it.  Are you against boycotts?