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Joe's comments are pretty ridiculous. I like reading scathing reviews and consider myself a bitchy person. Generally, the quality of writing for this site is quite good. I recommend this site to friends when the opportunity arises. That said, I can see Joe's point about the insularity of the community here.

I criticized the merit of Borat and was called a "pseudo-intellectual asshole" and a "riot at Skull-and-Bones mixers." In 113 comments so far, Borat has generated roughly 100 comments of the "i almost puked i was laughing so hard" variety and about 5 of the "this movie was inane" variety.

Clearly, the readership shares a great many characteristics. The homogeneity of views expressed in those comments is too high to believe otherwise. While there's no solution to this, and I don't criticize the site or its readers for this situation, it's worth noting.

I think it is a poor idea by the administrators of the site to ridicule dissenters. Also, I think it sullies the reviewers to get entangled in petty arguments. Jeremy, Dustin, and Daniel might do better to proclaim their views and then let the rest of us argue them.

Publisher's Note: Point taken, George. But, we welcome dissenters -- in fact, our comments are littered with dissent. Other than to suggest that we've been insulted by better, I only mention Joe to highlight the brilliance that he has inspired in the Harsh Times comment thread. For sheer originality, it really is the best we've had since Wicker Man thread. And for that, I appreciate Joe's contributions.

there's a Wicker Man thread? Cool, I'm going to find it and get some more laughs. That movie was awful by the way.