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Melissa G

(10,170 posts)
20. From the article...
Sat Mar 10, 2012, 03:42 PM
Mar 2012
http://www.mediaite.com/print/newspapers-are-considering-pulling-doonesbury-strips-about-texas-abortion-law/
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Director’s Cut: Guys, there’s very little news going on today so I wasted a fairly long time writing different versions of the last sentence in the first paragraph. For an educational peek behind the curtain, here’s a look at some of the different paths I could have chosen. Journalism students take special note.

…since that time Garfield got neutered.
…since that time Cathy thought her legs looked fat in the stirrups.
…since that time Snoopy got neutered.
…since that time Marvin‘s parents got to go back in time and make a different choice.
…since that time both main characters in Mutts got neutered.
…since that time Crankshaft forgot to put a rubber on his crankshaft.
…since that time Hobbes was neutered.
…since that time Dick Tracy forgot to put a rubber on his Dick Tracy.
…since that time The Phantom went up against The Fetus Who Cannot Die.
…since that time Heathcliff got neutered.
…since that time the Family Circus revealed that Billy’s real father was “Not Me”
…since that time all of Bloom County got neutered.
…since that time Loretta Lockhorn refused to bring a child into a loveless marriage.
…since that time Slylock Fox investigated the mystery of how he got neutered.
…since that time Ziggy was mistaken for a giant aborted fetus.
…since that time Mallard Fillmore suicide bombed an abortion clinic.

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Isn't it kind of ironic that they'll pull cartoons making fun of real devastating laws passed sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #1
Afraid the actual truth will be told! PROPS DOONESBURY! Thank you! Justice wanted Mar 2012 #2
Uh, maybe it has something to do with the fact that the comics are read by little kids? TheWraith Mar 2012 #8
Doonesbury is usually on the editorial or opinion page LadyHawkAZ Mar 2012 #9
Not always. Justice wanted Mar 2012 #10
Mine is now in the comics section...unfortunately... CTyankee Mar 2012 #15
Little kids don't read opinion pages... joeybee12 Mar 2012 #11
Sorry, joey, but if you read most opinion pages, they are mostly written by little kids. madinmaryland Mar 2012 #19
Brenda Starr and Dick Tracy regularly published murder and mayhem. riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #14
From the article... Melissa G Mar 2012 #20
As I recall, I thought Doonesbury was dreadfully boring when I was a teenager. Quantess Mar 2012 #21
Then it is up to us to make sure toddwv Mar 2012 #3
Exactly, K & R. n/t FSogol Mar 2012 #4
PER-zackly, as Pogo would say. nolabear Mar 2012 #12
Time to start cancelling newspapers too. toddwv Mar 2012 #5
It's incredible how aware Trudeau is JohnnyRingo Mar 2012 #6
Isn't that the Red Rascal? socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #13
oops... You're right of course JohnnyRingo Mar 2012 #18
Of course these same newspapers caveat_imperator Mar 2012 #7
what is this thing that you call a Gabi Hayes Mar 2012 #16
In the olden days pokerfan Mar 2012 #17
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