America: L’il Baby Waah Waah

I remember reading an article in Time magazine maybe ten years ago called something like “America: Nation of Whiners. Complainers and Cry-Babies.” Regretably, as the items below demonstrate, that’s as true today as it was then:

Family Calls Comic Book Racist

Cowboy cartoon draws fire

Wal-Mart Web site makes racial connections

Said an astute commentor on slashdot, “I’m not American so I’m not really exposed to this over-the-top sensitive PC stuff, but this seems just silly to me.”