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1. #1
   On November 30th, 2007 at 5:40 pm, josetheguerilla said:

   jerk!!!!

2. #2
   On November 30th, 2007 at 5:43 pm, Harry Callahan said:

   They ought to sue him and see how funny he thinks it is when he’s paying the bill.

3. #3
   On November 30th, 2007 at 5:43 pm, aunursa said:

   Obviously someone stuck in a September 10 world.

4. #4
   On November 30th, 2007 at 5:46 pm, purplepeep said:

   The jerkdom extends to the “educational” system that accepts or encourages such performance art as school projects. This type of idoicy does not occur in a vacuum.

5. #5
   On November 30th, 2007 at 5:47 pm, Anton said:

   Someone needs to remind this idiot that freedom of speech (or artistic expression) does not include the right to yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater.

   And then he should spend at least a weekend in the county jail.

6. #6
   On November 30th, 2007 at 5:50 pm, ajmontana said:

   put him in the cell next to the lame brain that went into the airport with a circuit board flashing on her chest.

7. #7
   On November 30th, 2007 at 5:52 pm, allrsn said:

   2 years and $250,000 fine.

8. #8
   On November 30th, 2007 at 5:55 pm, Salt said:

   Definitely a nominee, but might have a better running in ‘idiot of the year’.

   I might still favor Bobby Caina Calvan for the jerk of the year award for the sheer arrogance.

   Tough call, though.

9. #9
   On November 30th, 2007 at 5:58 pm, ajmontana said:

   and we know who Mother of the Year is also,,,, Mrs.Olympia queen of the moonies.

10. #10
    On November 30th, 2007 at 6:18 pm, trinitytim said:

    Ya gotta love the idiocy of these left wing moonbats.

    Jackass of the Year sounds more appropriate.

11. #11
    On November 30th, 2007 at 6:38 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    I fear the day when one of these idiots does this performance art thing and receives a well placed .357 round into his/her body from a police officer who saw him/her as a true threat. What are officers supposed to do in that situation?(rhetorical question, of course)

12. #12
    On November 30th, 2007 at 6:42 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Another jerk of the year nominee

    So many to choose from, so little time.

13. #13
    On November 30th, 2007 at 6:43 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Jonsonn calls it part of his final assignment for the school.

    I’m thinkin’ he’s going to get an F for this course.

14. #14
    On November 30th, 2007 at 7:01 pm, Uplander said:

    It’s such a long year, and so many from which to choose.
    I always vote for Chappaquiddick Ted.
    He’s got seniority.

15. #15
    On November 30th, 2007 at 7:02 pm, JHSII said:

    No, BAL, given the current environment in schools - particularly colleges - it’s going to be an A. Maybe an A+

16. #16
    On November 30th, 2007 at 7:13 pm, Boomer said:

    On November 30th, 2007 at 5:52 pm, allrsn said:
    2 years and $250,000 fine.

    I’ll see that with 5 years and $500,000 with the fine to reimburse the costs of the Police and the rest to go to the AIDS fundraiser. What a Dumas! Almost as smart as the twit from MIT and the art on her sweater (circuit board and blinking lights).

17. #17
    On November 30th, 2007 at 7:17 pm, brooklyn red said:

    At least it wasn’t the old “yell fire in the theater” performance piece.

    I would give him a C… & 1 to 3 if a first offence.

18. #18
    On November 30th, 2007 at 8:29 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

    Art for art’s sake by any other name is crap.

19. #19
    On November 30th, 2007 at 8:33 pm, Rick Moran said:

    I’d say that fellow is about two shakes short of a full martini.

    The fact that he is curiously detatched from what he did makes me think he would be perfectly capable of carrying out something like that for real.

    Conscienceless lout.

20. #20
    On November 30th, 2007 at 8:53 pm, brooklyn red said:

    Well, at least it proves that “art” can survive just fine without my tax dollars.

21. #21
    On November 30th, 2007 at 9:07 pm, Texhoma said:

    It’s obvious he grew up watching OPRAH and learned the “I’m the Victim” lesson well.

22. #22
    On November 30th, 2007 at 9:15 pm, John Ansell said:

    Texhoma, He also mixed in a little Hillary to perfect the “I’m the Victim” act.

23. #23
    On November 30th, 2007 at 9:24 pm, TXRose said:

    This is a new low even for the educational system or
    what passes for the educational system these days.
    These people that pull stunts like this always have
    what they consider a plausible explanation. They just
    cannot believe that anyone would be upset by their
    “little pranks.” I mean, he had a note on it saying, this
    is not a bomb. How many police personnel could have
    been killed if that had been a lie and they believed it.
    He should have to pay every penny of the $100,000.00 back plus some more just for being such class A idiot. The problem is, probably everyone he knows at the school is high fiving him,
    and wishing they had thought of it.

24. #24
    On November 30th, 2007 at 9:48 pm, zorro said:

    Rick said: I’d say that fellow is about two shakes short of a full martini.

    Driving along the highway of life with two wheels in the sand…

    Lout is right.

25. #25
    On November 30th, 2007 at 11:44 pm, right_on said:

    
    

    “I expected the police to immediately realize what they were dealing with.”

    He stated from his mom’s basement.

    Is it my imagination, or is his scarf remarkably similar to those worn by desert tribesmen?

26. #26
    On December 1st, 2007 at 1:12 am, right_on said:

    The dude looks like a young Paul Krugman of the NYT, in the above pic.

27. #27
    On December 1st, 2007 at 1:51 am, hadsil said:

    I have a “work of art” I’d like to try. I call it: Noose On A Tree

    How noble will True Artists and universities think I’ll be?

28. #28
    On December 1st, 2007 at 1:55 am, realitycheck said:

    This guy’s at least three degrees to the left of stupid.

29. #29
    On December 1st, 2007 at 1:57 am, Frozen Tex said:

    On November 30th, 2007 at 9:43 pm, namvet527 said:
    With all the plants by Hitlery, CNN & the traitorKKKrats I would not put this past Hitlery or any of her SOCIALIST comrades to PLANT this guy to get out the poor Hitlery sympathy vote.

    Problem is it is almost a year too early. What a bunch of buffoons.

    I think you’re confused; this was a doofus student in Canada, not the individual in New Hampshire today.

    Is anyone reminded of the doofus “ad campaign” for “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” last year in Boston?

30. #30
    On December 1st, 2007 at 2:42 am, tony the tiger said:

    “I’m taking something that’s clearly a sculpture. It’s clearly not a bomb. But by taking it out of context and putting it into another context, by leaving it lying around … it suddenly takes on a different meaning.”

    …it’s called a hoax device… @$$hat.

31. #31
    On December 1st, 2007 at 6:23 am, jungatheart said:

    “I expected the police to immediately realize what they were dealing with.”

    It’s always up to someone else to figure out what these suckheads are doing. What he’s saying is it’s the fault of the police. He gets to do anything he wants and if it goes bad, it’s because others didn’t understand him. It’s always the same. The premise they live by is they are always right.

32. #32
    On December 1st, 2007 at 6:35 am, warden said:

    I have a different view of this clown. In the picture above he is wearing a keffiyeh. I believe that this “art project” was a dry run to test response times. Lock him up and run background checks on everyone he’s emailed in the last 10 years.

33. #33
    On December 1st, 2007 at 7:25 am, Prime Director said:

    I believe that this “art project” was a dry run to test response times.

    That’s exactly right.

    He’s a free-lancer, shock-testing the system. Not that he plans to carry out an actual attack or is affiliated with anyone who plans to do so.

    Its just how moonbats pay it forward.

34. #34
    On December 1st, 2007 at 9:03 am, bear1909 said:

    Several options:

    1. Strap him up in a cell and put a sign on him: “This is not a waterboarding session.” Videotape it.

    2. Infest his little “Palestinian Solidarity Scarf” with fleas and make him wear it.

    3. Send him an itemized accounting of the costs his stunt incurred to the municipality involved. Then garnish his financial aid dollars to pay for them. Post a little note on it to him:
    “This is not your subsidized education benefit going ‘POOF’!”

    4. Send the “artiste” to a work camp where his sole job is to clean motor pool tires with his snakey little tongue.

    5. Better yet, have him do 18 months community service in an AIDS ward.

    What else might prove fitting?

35. #35
    On December 1st, 2007 at 9:49 am, coldfront said:

    It used to be so easy to be an artist…you drew endless circles & straight lines, then learned to mix your color pallet, then rendered copies of the masters,then stayed dead-broke for decades,a little time in maximum-lockup always advanced things…you chased show after gallery show & bla bla bla…I don’t understand….perhaps I should have tried something more new-millennium….perhaps I had this whole “Art’ concept wrong?

36. #36
    On December 1st, 2007 at 9:58 am, saintkansas said:

    Also from the article:

    Does he blame himself? “No,” he answers without much hesitation. “I put it on the situation.”

    …the situation which didn’t exist until he created it.

37. #37
    On December 1st, 2007 at 10:00 am, saintkansas said:

    1. Strap him up in a cell and put a sign on him: “This is not a waterboarding session.” Videotape it.

    My first act as president will be to appoint bear1909 to head the NEA.

38. #38
    On December 1st, 2007 at 10:10 am, ArmywifeArmymom said:

    Gotta love that post-modern rationale that art is as art does. There’s no form, no method, no boundaries and no justification.

    That’s not art. That’s a public display of a lunatic mind — and not the creative type of lunacy either.

39. #39
    On December 1st, 2007 at 11:12 am, 3Angela said:

    More on this idiot: He was was released from jail on $33,000 bail. WHO PAID IT? His lawyer said his client “hails from a high-profile Icelandic family and is in Canada on a student visa.” VISA SHOULD BE REVOKED, PERSON SHOULD BE DEPORTED BACK TO LOVELY ICELAND. AND HOW HIGH PROFILE CAN YOU BE IN ICELAND? The Ontario College of Art and Design has suspended Mr. Jonsson and his production class teachers pending an internal investigation. YES, HE HAS LOST HIS STUDENT VISA AND SHOULD RETURN HOME. “Teaching while an Idiot” should be an indictable offense.

40. #40
    On December 1st, 2007 at 12:34 pm, georgej said:

    He’s a free-lancer, shock-testing the system.

    I agree. Canada is being set up for a terrorist strike. This was a “dry run.”

41. #41
    On December 1st, 2007 at 12:59 pm, Tennessee Dave said:

    For my next art project I’m going to fashion out of wax a sparrow missle lookalike and then go hang out on the road next to the airport. Think anyone will notice?

    (sarc)

42. #42
    On December 1st, 2007 at 1:01 pm, greenfairie said:

    You know it’s getting bad when leftists are now disrupting AIDS fundraisers.

43. #43
    On December 1st, 2007 at 5:32 pm, BobJones-77 said:

    More like asshole of the year.

44. #44
    On December 1st, 2007 at 5:50 pm, right_on said:

    Anus disruptus…?

45. #45
    On December 1st, 2007 at 7:06 pm, T J Green said:

    Punish a genius, just because he didn’t schedule his latest creation for display at the museum? Such genius can’t be confined by such flippant necessities!

    On with the bomb!

46. #46
    On December 2nd, 2007 at 2:21 am, 3Steps said:

    agreeing with Bear1909 here…

    Especially the part about doing 18 months community service in an AIDS ward.

    What an a$$hat!

47. #47
    On December 2nd, 2007 at 4:03 am, Stewed Hamm said:

    @41: Of COURSE they’ll notice, Dave. You have to put a note on your art project explaining that it’s not really a missile. This is why you leave “art” to the professionals from “art” school.

48. #48
    On December 3rd, 2007 at 1:29 am, Tantor said:

    I have an idea for an art project, too. Let’s take Thorarinn Jonsson out of the school context and put him in the jail context. By decontextualizing him from his current setting and then recontextualizing him in a different setting, he acquires new meaning through transformative process. This is from the Tantor school of art, my blue period, an art installation I call “When Art Is Crime Is Art”. My fear is that this piece will be misunderstood by Jonsson who may think himself merely a prisoner when he has actually become art himself. I am working on a subsequent installation for Mr. Jonsson called “Buster The Dominant Cellmate and His Bitch Thorarinn.”

49. #49
    On December 3rd, 2007 at 9:59 am, max said:

    I’m thinkin’ he’s going to get an F for this course.

    nope, i’m guessing A