Brian, the comments are still there. The sad thing is, the comments over there are probably nicer than the stuff Craig gets over at NBC for daring to say something negative about Pete Rose or the Boston Red Sox/NY Yankees.

I can’t believe that that got published, and I really can’t believe his responses to Greg Simons’ emails.

I can, if I try really hard, see that he might have meant the article in the way he claims: attempting to explain the length of her captivity in terms of how the world has changed. But to steadfastly refuse to see that everybody else in the world is interpreting it as trivializing the brutal treatment Ms. Dugard suffered is beyond all understanding.

What an abominable man. If the OC Register has any sense, they’ll suspend, or better yet sack, him and publish a front-page apology.

This is pretty funny:

http://stupidsportsblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/jaycee-dugard-reacts-to-mark-whickers.html

I don’t see how that is that any better than Whicker’s garbage?

Copy of the email I sent:

Dear Mr. Whicker,

Wow.  I must tell you that the article you wrote trivializing the kidnapping and repeated rape of an 11 year old girl was revolting.  I would try to come up with a stronger word to describe how utterly offensive your article and subsequent “apology” were, but frankly, I’m not sure if the English language has such a word.  Certainly my thesaurus isn’t helping.

I have also seen as least one incident of correspondence—written by you, Mr. Whicker—that questions the sanity of someone who was offended at the disgusting article you wrote.  As a courtesy to you and your superiors, I have attached a png. file of the response in question.

Mr. Whicker, in order to show some class in this situation, I would recommend resigning immediately.  I wish you luck in finding future employment—perhaps in the mail room, where your incredibly offensive viewpoints are not shared with the public.

Yours most sincerely,

My Name

Sweet!  My only regret was that it wasn’t in Dan Savage’s column.