No sensible person would deny that today’s world can be a grim, dark place.

But what sort of twisted society do we live in where we can’t even trust…clowns??

               The trust of circus-goers and party-planning parents everywhere was shattered last Saturday, with the sudden bloody assassination of Tijuana drug cartel kingpin.

The setting: an innocent family party. The culprit: a faux birthday clown.

               As if the reputations of men in white face-paint and bright wigs weren’t in sordid enough shape.

               The dastardly deed has even incited a response from Mexico’s clown community, condemning this impostor while defending their profession’s honor.

               Then again, maybe this isn’t a matter of drug violence, or even a vile attempt to ruin the good name of clowns all over.

               Maybe this is one joke that just went too far.