I've been a huge fan of The Onion, the satirical newspaper originally published by the University of Wisconsin, for about 15 years now. I've purchased their books and audiobooks, downloaded their videocasts to my TiVO, etc.
That ended tonight…
The current lead story is the most sick, the most gratuitously unfeeling and disturbing, the most inappropriate as "humor" thing that I've read in quite some time. I came away appalled, and don't even want to talk about it. I'm not interested in an apology from the organization, not interested in all the genuinely wonderful stuff they've done over the years as mitigation. I just want them to go away.
I've erased their videocasts from my TiVO, and deleted their link from my browser. I'm not sure ethically whether I'm bound to destroy the books and audiocasts I own, or just let them sit on my shelf. I certainly wouldn't want to help the organization market by giving them away.
Some things you just don't joke about. At least not if you're a decent human being. (B)