A lesson for anyone who might engage in illegal behavior: Anything you say on YouTube will be taken against you in the court of public opinion.

Take the case of David Farnham, Utah's "Dark Knight Dad," now facing a class A misdemeanor charge of child abuse for allegedly leaving his 2-year-old son in a hot car while he watched a Saturday late-night screening of "The Dark Knight" at South Salt Lake's Century 16 theaters.

Several blogs, as well as KSL, uncovered Farnham's handiwork on the video-sharing site - a rambling monologue in which he promises, among other things, "if there's anything I know, it's how to get attention." (There's also a brief glimpse of his 2-year-old son.)

Here's the clip:



Comments left by YouTube viewers are divided: Some want to see Farnham brutally assaulted in prison, while others just hate his guts.

Meanwhile, on Farnham's MySpace page, he wrote in February about leeching off of a neighbor's unsecured wireless network.

Tell me there's not a Kevin Smith movie in here somewhere.

Labels: Stupid Criminals Division