All the anti-face-tattoo bitching on a post about a kid's death makes me want to get a face tattoo. Also, if your comment on someone's death starts "it's sad, but..." then you're doing it wrong.
@12 Shutting down the slog comments would be a death knell for the Stranger. It would go the way of the Seattle Weekly in less than a year. Remember, everyone who comments in the slog is a troll.
As Daniel Tosh rightly said: when was the last time someone said to talk to that old wise-man with the spider tattooed on his face for deep wisdom?
"Ha!... Y'all thought I was dead! But I saw the light. I made a special friend up there in the clouds.. and now I'm BACK! Bitches."
Savviest unknown-rapper PR tactic yet.
He'll probably get some sweet tax benefit from this too.