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The Cherokee Ledger-News (Woodstock, Ga.) is a community weekly that is pretty much only read by the people who advertise in it. But there is one section of this freebie that everyone knows about: The Soapbox.

As you'll see here, the Soapbox is what I like to call the "gossip column for cowards." People get to post and read anonymous congrats and jabs about the stupidest stuff.

But this week, about half way down the page we get this:

• To the people of Cherokee County, if you play X-Box Live and you play "Halo 2," don't quit in the middle of a game.

Fantastic! Sandwiched between two useless political comments is someone venting their spleen over someone else being a giant puss. I like it. Otherwise, the Soapbox stinks.

Although I do find myself agreeing with this item from near the top:

• To the person who hit the dog on Ga. 92 at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, shame on you for not stopping. I hope your car was damaged.