Random Thoughts From A Psychotic Mind...Mine!

For those of you who have known me a while, you'll remember back in the psychoticmind.com days, I didn't just talk about movies, I talked about anything that poped into my demented head. I thought we'd revisit those glory days every once in a while with a short commentary about crap that's on my mind.

This time the thing that's on my mind is Detroit, specifically, people bashing Detroit. Recently the Sacremento Kings had to apologize and pay a $30,000 fine because of a video which showed "derogatory images of Detroit" which included "pictures of abandoned buildings, burned-out cars, piles of rubble and other negative images". Well, as someone who drives through the city on a regular basis, this is what's down there!!! I get really sick and tired of people not being able to tell the truth about anything because you might hurt someone's feelings.

I live on the outskirts of Detroit, as most people in the area do, and I have to tell you, I can count on one hand how many times I have been into the city, for something other than work, in the past year, yet for some reason, I'm not supposed to acknowledge out loud that the city is a pit and has been since the 60s!

Last year, Jimmy Kimmel got heat for making Detroit jokes, now the Maloof brothers have to pay a fine, all for making jokes about a city that has been, mostly a vacant burned out wreck for as long as I can remember! So, here's hoping that the next time anyone bashes Detroit, they have the backbone to stand up and say, first, it's a damn joke, get a sense of humor, Detroit and second, if it wasn't true then you wouldn't scream so loud about it!!!

So, here's todays:

Rule From Brian
If it's a joke, and it's funny, then shut the hell up! Because, Detroit, there's an old saying, "I think thou doest protest too much", you should look that up and think about it...oh wait, we're talking about the city of Detroit here, so find a friend to read it to you, okay???

So, until the next time we meet, remember one of my favorite sayings, "Joke 'em if they can't take a fuck!"