Fresh from the Tasty Bits (TM) Mail Sack

There's been a fair amount of reader mail complaining about my post on emoticons.

This one from our old friend Lynn is representative:

b-b-b-b-b but I looooooove emoticons... Cute, adorable little smilies... How could anyone not love them. You evil person you!

Lynn, dearest, of course I am evil! I mean, here I am, mercilessly and cruelly carving up fuzzy lovable mountain camels of the Andes to provide all the bloggy goodness that's become a necessary part of your daily diet.

But emoticons, that's a whole level of evil onto itself.

So right here, right now, I'm standing ontop of my soapbox and declaring "DEUS VOLT! THE EMOTICONS MUST BE DESTROYED! EMOTICON DELENDA EST!"

That's right, it's the First Holy Crusade Against the Emoticons!

Right here, right now, I'm founding the LEAGUE AGAINST MALEVOLENT EMOTICONS.

Oppose us only if you dare!

UPDATE More proof of the perfidy that are emoticons!

Fuzzy warm little loveable creatures on your email, eh? THINK AGAIN!

Just try doing THIS emoticon:

shift-alt-weaselopportunist

and you get