perfidy

I like to make fun of Detroit. As an Ohioan from outside Akron with a soft spot for Pittsburgh, part of it is a friendly rust-belt rivalry. Hey, Motor City! Look at us! Our economies aren't tanking! Neener, neener, neener!

But the rest of it is that Detroit is the armpit of America, and they can't even be relaxed about it. Jimmy Kimmel's show has been pulled off the air in the Detroit area (not that anybody would notice) because during halftime at at Lakers-Pistons playoffs game, he said "They're going to burn the city of Detroit down if the Pistons win, and it's not worth it."

Why is everyone so damn sensitive? I'd tell Detroit to buy a helmet, but I think it might be too late. Brain damage is permanent.