The yearly ritual of the whiny television viewer is in full swing as severe weather season roars with a vengeance. When tornadoes touch down, local news stations have to preempt programming to warn people so they don’t die, but that interferes with Very Important Programs like Days or football. Many viewers argue that their neighbors have no right to receive warnings if it means cutting-in during a crucial episode of The Big Bang Theory. They are wrong.

Remember all the soccer fans who chewed out a New York TV station for preempting the World Cup final for a tornado? Here are a bunch of soap opera fans doing the same thing to NBC for covering the crash of Malaysia Airlines 17, which claimed 295 lives. It's not just the weather that brings out the worst in people.