We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it’s time we paid some damn attention to them.
So we’ll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day’s work. Maybe two comments, even.
This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involving wit, clarity and whatever else we feel like at the moment.
We wrote about how some of Houston’s federal judges aren’t happy with newly restored courthouse paintings, which they say show scenes reminiscent of slavery.
Some readers said the paintings merely showed history, but another questioned their use.
Kylejack wrote:
What purpose does a painting of our racist history serve in a jury assembly room? Is it to remind us of the racial disparities in the Drug War, and the justice system as a whole?
This article appears in Feb 9-15, 2012.