We went to a Jerry Seinfeld show last night. About halfway through, some guy shouted "Hey Jerry, don't you know what day it is?" It was Sept, 11th, of course - our national day of wallowing.

Jerry said "Yeah... so? I'm a comedian, my job is to make people feel better."

The guy started whinging about how Jerry wasn't commemorating the day properly, and that 3000 had died, and that it was this and that, and Seinfeld should be ashamed of himself for not taking the time to bring everybody down, and that he was sick in the head, etc..

Seinfeld handled it very well - didn't let the guy get to him, visibly, and didn't get too nasty. But he kept control. And the majority of the crowd wasn't having any of the guy's nonsense, either.

Sadly, as my Facebook feed suggests, there are still a lot of of people who would take the heckler's side in this.

Seinfeld was very funny, nonetheless.