Three armed postal workers at the same station independently decide to launch a killing spree — and spend time arguing over who has the right to start shooting. An armed robber bursts into the post office where the three are waving their guns at terrified patrons. The three postal workers shoot the robber, and are hailed as heroes.
That was the premise of a MADtv comedy sketch broadcast this past weekend. The sketch, which ran only about two minutes, generated a week’s worth of yelping from various postal workers’ unions. And the yelps started before the sketch had aired.
This overreaction is nothing new. Whether it was the video game
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