Badjocks.com - Much ado about nothing

May 18th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanE

This badjocks.com guy certainly knows how to make it big on the Web - celebrity photos! Well, except that the people in the photos he pulls up aren’t really celebrities. They’re college kids who happen to play a university-sponsored sport.

We’ve already touched on this, so I won’t dwell, but commenter Jason has a pretty good point about the irony in the entire situation here in an e-mail he sent to Badjocks peeps:

Dear idiots at Badjocks,
First of all, I belive searching for pictures of hazing incidents online is a weird habit to pick up. However, if that is what you losers do in your time, well that’s your prerogative. What I question is your numerous ads/links to DUI lawyers all over the country. What kind of message are you sending out about drunk driving? That it is a much better alternative to hazing incidents.During 2004, over 16,000 people were killed due to alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents (representing 39% of all traffic-related deaths). When it comes to hazing, 130 people had been injured or killed between the years of 1923-1980 (that’s 130 people in 57 years…a little over 2 a year). Although the numbers are up in the past 25 years, they don’t even come close to comparing to the number of alcohol-related traffic deaths. You idiots need to show some responsibility and get those ads off of your website. All it says it that you support drunk driving and that, in my opinion (and probably many others) is absolutely ridiculous. Enjoy your ad money…but honestly, I hope you choke on it.

It’s tough to argue with Jason on this one - this guy isn’t out to demonstrate the destructive (if you can call it that) nature of collegiate drinking and hazing practices. He’s just out to make a quick buck.

I wish the mainstream media - including Chicago’s king moron, Jay Marriotti - could recognize that.

Speaking of which, I also wish that idiots like Mariotti would realize a simple fact: hazing happens. If no one is hurt, either physically or emotionally, then it’s fine. Come off it, lad.

(Update homies: Check this link for a scathing essay on Bob Reno and why he’s a giant douche. Couldn’t have said it better myself.)