You ain't never gonna believe this one

Just when you think you've seen the very stupidest anyone can possibly be...humanity comes along and goes you one better. I believe Einstein said something about only two things being infinite--the universe, and the human capacity for stupidity--and he wasn't too sure about the former.

It seems that there are some people who feel that Peter Jackson's choice to name the second Lord of the Rings movie The Two Towers is a tasteless reference to the World Trade Center bombing.

I swear to God I am not making this up. I wish I were.

The scary thing is that as of this entry, they have 1,242 signatures on that thing.

Update: Reading the Plastic.com discussion thread on the petition, I notice that the petition was apparently created by...a Slashdot troll. So the whole thing is a troll, not stupidity. In that light, I suppose I have to shake my head more at the thousand-plus gullible folks who signed it than the creator of it. Still...

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Just called the theater in Olathe, KS that's going to be showing the Star Wars Episode 2 movie in digital projection. They said that they haven't gotten the digital "print" in yet, so they can't tell me which shows will be digital; said to call back in a couple of days and they should hopefully know by then.

Oh well. I'll try again then, I guess.