And you said it couldn’t happen

August 13, 2005 by Jeff Jarvis

James Wolcott, peacemaker.

  • John Self

    Jeff, read that Wolcott post again carefully. Are you sure it’s entirely on the level? Pay particular attention to the hilarious deliberate use of cliches.

  • http://www.elflife.com/ Carson Fire

    I think JJ may be joking a little, too.

    Even if Wolcott were on the level, how hard is it to denounce a commercial that features an outright lie that almost everyone is already running away from?

    Anyway, it reads more like a tongue-in-cheek excuse to reprint the Pirro article in its entirety, allowing him to pass along a childish gotcha story while pretending not to be utterly childish himself.

    But in the spirit of good friendship and cooperation, I’ll mention that there’s a small typo in the first paragraph: There’s no reason why Jeff Jarvis should the only roving ambassador of peace I think is supposed to be There’s no reason why Jeff Jarvis should be the only roving ambassador of peace.

    OK, group hug, everybody!

  • http://www.elflife.com/ Carson Fire

    Oops, I confragulamated the italic markup. I miss the preview feature from the old blog.

  • Right of Center

    if you wank too much you start to lose the ability to recognize the real thing.