http://www.slate.com/id/2288387
In Defense of Gilbert "Aflac Duck" Gottfried
Purveyors of dark, bleak humor deserve our thanks, not our condemnation in times like these.
By Jack Shafer
Posted Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at 5:35 PM ET
If you didn't make an immediate connection between Japan's nuclear disasters and Godzilla, the mutant product of atomic radiation and the star of dozens of films, you're a better man than I.
good reading. i'll be back in a few, gotta follow the link in the article to see exactly what got him fired.