posted on April 23, 2004 05:21:52 PM new
By ELIZABETH McKINLEY, Associated Press Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A few newspapers around the country edited Friday's "Doonesbury" comic strip to remove an expletive used by a character injured while fighting in Iraq and at least two newspapers pulled the strip altogether.
In a story line that began Monday, B.D., a football coach-turned-soldier, lost a leg after being reactivated in the Army at the end of 2002.
In Friday's strip, his doctor explains how amputees go through a grieving process that starts with denial, followed by anger.
In the final panel, B.D. curses from behind a hospital curtain, skipping the denial.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip written by Garry Trudeau appears in 1,400 newspapers nationwide.
It's too bad that their blindness can't see they are killing more soldiers than President Bush ever has... Protest Loud and Proud! Your fellow taliban and insurgents are rejoicing at the support...
posted on April 23, 2004 06:32:22 PM new
That's right! We all know that soldiers wounded in battle would never swear! A strong "hecky darn" is the most they'll utter, though more usually they just manfully say "ow."
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posted on April 23, 2004 07:15:42 PM new
Guess this means they are not all as liberal minded as we thought...
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
It's too bad that their blindness can't see they are killing more soldiers than President Bush ever has... Protest Loud and Proud! Your fellow taliban and insurgents are rejoicing at the support...
posted on April 23, 2004 07:46:26 PM new
Oh geez...that's all the fuss....
Thought it was a real cussing...
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
It's too bad that their blindness can't see they are killing more soldiers than President Bush ever has... Protest Loud and Proud! Your fellow taliban and insurgents are rejoicing at the support...
posted on April 23, 2004 07:46:35 PM new
This is now getting past the point of utter insanity. McCarthyism making a comeback, help us all! Next thing I know I'll have to get the Pope's permission to say Gee Golly.
posted on April 23, 2004 07:52:02 PM new Guess this means they are not all as liberal minded as we thought..
Seems to me that the newspapers mentioned in the OPs linked story are all in conservative "heartland"-type areas that Bush so idealizes. The folks squarely behind Bush & Iraq.
You would think that their readers would be mature enough to be allowed to see a strip dealing with realistic, serious issues.
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Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
posted on April 23, 2004 08:43:02 PM newYou would think that their readers would be mature enough to be allowed to see a strip dealing with realistic, serious issues.
Oh I get it, you're kidding right???
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When a dog howls at the moon, we call it religion. When he barks at strangers, we call it patriotism. - Edward Abbey
