Time Cops Out

You have got to be kidding me. Time Magazine has chosen "you" as the person of the year. What a freaking joke. I understand what they're getting at, with Generation C and the information age and everything. I get it.

But it's lame. How much thought got put into this selection? They could have chosen nearly anyone else and it would have made more sense - heck they could have had Bono and the Gates again for all I care. On CNN there is a list of suggestions that are all better.

Acknowledging the effect of the information age and our participation in it is all good but there are better ways of making that point. The Google creators, the MySpace people, the guys who came up with YouTube, etc. Any of these would have acknowledged the same thing and actually had a person or people of the year. What, where they afraid of hurting peoples' feelings by not choosing them?

However, there is some solace in this. A bit of humor, because the Person of the Year isn't "me," it's "you."

"Hey, congrats, I've heard that you are the person of the year."
"I'm not, you are."
"Me? But it says you are the person of the year."
"I can't be, since it says you are."
...ad infinatum...

Really, Time, I expected better. At least you don't have to worry about being magazine of the year...