I was a little surprised to see over the weekend that the WaPo had exercised it’s editorial judgement by declining to show one of cartoonist Berke Breathed’s panels on Sunday. Taken in the context of the back story of “Steve’s” girlfriend Lola Granola and her ongoing voyage of new age spirituality, I found it pretty inoffensive.
Of course, I’m not responsible to the shareholders if the place gets burned down by the kinds of folks who are always on the lookout for an opportunity to take offense, either.
So, there’s that.
I thought it was funny, too. It’s a good thing at least some of us don’t go around burning the things that offend us. We’d all be living in caves.
Its hilarious! Exactly the kind of satire that Brethed is famous for.
I’ve been beating my head against the wall here in Korea all week so I did not realize that there was a stink about this…………
I don’t get the Sunday Funny Papers anymore and for the most part that’s not a bad thing. But I do miss various comics, including Calvin & Hobbes and Opus. Always classic stuff.
Shame on the WaPo for not printing it.
Ahh, you mean the religion of perpetual derangement… er, I mean religion of peace? This from a paper that printed a cartoon that poked fun at Jerry Falwell weekend before last…