Slog - Comments on A Possibility http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility Is there a possible connection between Sanjaya's defeat last night on American Idol and the Virgina Tech massacre? Sanjaya Malakar; Cho Seung-Hui? Maybe this was the worst week in the show's history to be an Asian male? The headline for a post on The Village Voice's blog: "Sanjaya Malakar: America's Long National Nightmare Finally Ends."... Copyright 2008 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:09:05 -0800 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:15:53 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by darling463 As a matter of "fact": Sanjaya will be performing a song next week by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead.

Now for our Stranger Video-text.

How would you define an ironic hypocrite?

Bonus points if you don't answer.

]]> darling463 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696523 Media Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:18:34 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I hear that the Sanjaya School of Hair will be opening soon.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696524 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696524 Media Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:23:43 -0800 Comment by 123 No.

]]> 123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696544 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696544 Media Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:44:26 -0800 Comment by Don This may be the dumbest post I've seen yet on Slog, which is sayin' somethin'. Rivaled only by the one a couple of weeks ago on what somebody's finger smelled like coming out of the bathroom.

"Seattle's Only Newspaper." Right.

]]> Don http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696554 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696554 Media Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:01:20 -0800 Comment by Jen Why do you write for this blog, again? Ugh.

]]> Jen http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696556 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696556 Media Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:05:54 -0800 Comment by To All You People Quit being mean.

]]> To All You People http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696558 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696558 Media Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:12:44 -0800 Comment by Mr Me I was thinking the same thing. However, I think the reason was that there was a sombering of the American mood. Sanjaya was a clown, and perhaps America wasn't in the mood for clowns anymore. Additionally, maybe all the Howard Stern let's-wreck-the-show people were preoccupied. As to whether there was a racial factor, I don't think so. Do people really equate central-asian "asian" with east-asian "asian," in terms of broad racial stereotype, the catagorization used for subconscious racial prejudice? Maybe asking this question makes me racist somehow, but I think the answer is no.

]]> Mr Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696593 Media Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:21:28 -0800 Comment by Patrick Don:
This is not a newspaper. This is a blog.

]]> Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696596 Media Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:26:25 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale And Don, some of us have never looked back ethically or otherwise after that last tawdry "punch through".

There might just be something to that post, my main man.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696678 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696678 Media Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:09:13 -0800 Comment by DKJ Mr. Mudede's sexist photos often irritate me but I must grudgingly admit he has the most interesting/quirky riffs on the world. I hate to admit this. Ouuch.

]]> DKJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696814 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696814 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:51:14 -0800 Comment by Ryno No. This is deranged. I doubt enough Americans even know that India and South Korea are part of the same continent. Most of the time, the label of Leftists as America-Haters seems offensive and unbelievably stupid. And then again, sometimes not. Thanks, Slog!

]]> Ryno http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696824 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:06:30 -0800 Comment by Sean A more pertinent question - how closely is Sanjaya connected with Kevin Bacon?

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/a_possibility#c696859 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:15:53 -0800