No Satire? No Critiques? Loosen Up!

We just published a link to a satire on Sheffield city government. The piece was extremely well written, meaning if you were paying attention, you soon realized that it was satire...very good satire. 

However, just to make sure our readers got it, we introduced the work by referencing the comedy Animal House. Some readers still didn't get the fact that the article was humor.

Apparently students are no longer required to read Swift's Gulliver's Travels in high school. 

If you've been following us for any length of time, you know that we publish two other blogs besides this one: Shoals Crime and Quad-Cities Cuisine. The latter recently published a critique on Taco Garage, a new Mexican restaurant located near Florence Mall.

We have joked about Taco Wars, but apparently this phenomenon is here. Several readers took great exception to our writer's opinions - both for and against the new taco joint. We would ask that those who follow Quad-Cities Cuisine remember that these blogs are not political, but the work of local individuals who have taken the time to write a review for us. It is strictly the opinion of the blog's author, and anyone is free to offer a rebuttal that we will be happy to publish.

A true critique will always point out the bad with the good. No eatery is perfect. If you should say it is, then our readers will know you've been paid for a good review. All our publishing group pays is the glory, ahem. 

We can hardly wait for Taco Mama to arrive and the war to go nuclear...

Meanwhile, at the Bell...