Fortunately, "Balloon boy" Falcon Henne was just found alive in an attic. But when it wasn't certain whether he was dead, the Internet went wild making jokes about him. It doesn't help that "balloon" is a funny-sounding word and that the craft in question is funny-looking, but the detachedness with which many people treated the possible death of a 6-year-old boy is disturbing.

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