Newspaper Won't Run This Week's Doonesbury - Too VIOLENT

[matcom]

The Journal-Advocate has chosen not to publish this week's Doonesbury in the paper because of the graphic, violent battlefield depictions of Iraq in this week's installment.

We will resume printing Doonesbury in the paper when the content is deemed suitable for publication in the Journal-Advocate.

http://www.journal-advocate.com/Stories/0,1413,120~7821~2096451,00.html

[Loonman]

1. What? War is not clean?

Gee, the poor Repubs who don't read Doonesbury, anyway, might get upset.

[KittyWampus]

44. It Is In John Wayne Movies

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. Damn censorship!!!!!!!!!

Bush is a Nazi, he is HITLER!!!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

:argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh:


:argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh:

[livetohike]

3. Censoring a Comic Strip!

I hope people call/write in to the paper.

[JohnyCanuck]

34. I sent the editor an email

and suggested he use some pictures from here: http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_mar2003.htm to replace the censored Doonsbury strip.

[e-mail]

[MissB]

4. Wow.

I am shocked. Not suitable for publication????

There wasn't anything graphic in the first three strips - today you could see that B.D. had lost the bottom part of his leg. It was wrapped in a bandage - no blood/gore.

Did they drop Get Fuzzy this week too?

[non sociopath skin]

17. Absolutely unbelievable, isn't it?

The neocons cynically use war as an instrument of policy then their tame media ban anything approaching a realistic portrayal.

War is dirty, messy and painful and it kills and maims people. The more people know about that, the better their judgements on their government will be.

Darbey Conley and Garry Trudeau put their "legitimate" journalist colleagues to shame.

The Skin

[Mandate My Ass]

19. depictions of amputeees are verboten

unless they're shown happily jogging alongside the Fuhrer.

[Muddleoftheroad]

20. Many papers hide Doonesbury elsewhere in the paper

Because it is highly political. If it still runs on the comics pages, I can see this week's strip generating complaints.

[redqueen]

5. WTF?!

I don't read that paper, but I'm willing to bet this isn't the most 'violent' thing in there.

COWARDS! Afraid to get the hoi polloi upset with their corporate masters' favorite illegitimate fraud of a pResident!

[wtmusic]

6. I find the graphic images very offensive

they are challenging my ignorant, isolated ambivalence

[Bandit]

7. It was very moving and yes "violent"

It certainly wasn't funny. An American GI dying in a foreign land is no laughing matter but then again that was his point.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

8. It's not often a comic strip makes me cry

[stinkeefresh]

26. I cried too.

I'm just so glad he lived. I've rarely agreed with him, but we've known B.D. a long, long time.

The most moving thing to me was the removal of his helmet. That's the first time he has EVER been depicted without a helmet, going back to the very first frame of the first strip.

[On the Road]

30. Oh, That's Right!

I knew he looked different. Maybe he'll remove it from now on.

One of the marks of successful fiction is when characters inspire genuine and appropriate emotions in the reader. Doonesbury is by that measure extremely successful.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

35. Yeah the helmet coming off really choked me up, too

B.D. suddenly seemed like a person, not just a cliche.

[Fenris]

9. What miserable <REDACTED>!

I am so <REDACTED> at business that kowtow to <REDACTED> and those <REDACTED> Puritan <REDACTED>. I think that that <REDACTED> is a blight on <REDACTED>, and, frankly, they can go <REDACTED> themselves.

[StClone]

10. Yeah it shows the violent death of Irony

Black panels of dark humor are lost on the Niggling Nutjobs of the Newspaper (on their knees to the Nutjobs on the Right).

[sniffa]

11. boondocks got censored before too

[RapidCreek]

12. Interesting

It ain't suitable for publication but it's a suitable endeavor to engage in...it's suitable to send kids to engage in more...it's suitable enough to give a lying cheating AWOL coward the power to wage it against anyone he chooses. Hell, what's not suitable? Sounds like a proud tradition to me. Just ask that battle weary war hero John O'Niell.

RC

[GOPisEvil]

13. This is the truth of George Bush's invasion and occupation.

I'm guessing the people that are offended are offended because of the guilt they feel for having supported this.

[Aristus]

14. The Tacoma News Tribune is running the current storyline.

I called the newsroom to thank and commend them for not bowing to pressure. Go Trib!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

16. Thank God that Seattle (Liberal City) can see this commentary...

that reflects their views instead of that crap from
"Faux/KKKNN/MSGOP"!

[Kitsune]

52. The TNT is NOT a liberal paper. *nt*

[regnaD kciN]

54. It's better than the Seattle Times...

...which is the other local paper that carries Doonesbury (they didn't censor this week's episodes, either).

[progressivebydesign]

61. Cool that you gave them their props! I read it daily! N/T

[nostamj]

15. the NYT dumped Ted Rall...

[izzie]

18. I think this has happened before to Doonesbury. Anyone know?

Their was something on FR about this yesterday. Man has his legs blow off or one leg. God knew the DOD would not like that know to happen to men in the service.Hurt our sweet little minds.

[AlienGirl]

21. A couple decades ago

A couple decades ago, a Doonesbury panel showing unmarried people waking up in bed together was censored; instead of the couple, what readers saw between the curtains was the weather forecast.

Tucker

[regnaD kciN]

55. That was in November, 1976...

...and was far from the only time Doonesbury has been "pulled."

Just before the 1980 election, Trudeau had a week worth of strips showing an imaginary TV special, "In Search of Reagan's Brain." It got dropped by a lot of newspapers. Also, in the early 80s, many papers censored his parody of the "Silent Scream" anti-abortion "documentary." Sometime around 1985, there was similar suppressing of a week's worth of strips on Frank Sinatra and his ties to the Mafia.

[bigbillhaywood]

56. I live for the day when Doonesbury gets pulled for Trudeau's racist

depictions of Palestinians. Fuck the guy. Whiney rich white liberal.

[aquart]

28. Yes. Doonesbury has been blacked out before.

During Watergate.

[central scrutinizer]

22. today's Get Fuzzy on the same theme

In case you haven't seen Monday's and Tuesday's, the story is Rob's cousin has lost his leg in Iraq. Today's installment:

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[Vickers]

23. It's the first Iraqi War amputee my paper has shown

And it's a cartoon.

*shaking head*

How fucked up is that?

God bless you, Mr. Trudeau.

[pnb]

24. Perhaps it was done because they didn't want children seeing it?

If its in the comics next to something like Garfield I could understand this some.

[qb]

29. I think it's more about protecting the parents

The image wasn't that traumatic. However, how's a gung-ho Bush supporter going to answer a question like, "Daddy, why doesn't that man have a foot?"

[MountainLaurel]

31. The media doesn't want the public to think

Because once they start seeing this information and realizing that not everything is coming up roses in Iraq, the American people might question the media about why it hasn't been showing these concerns and instead has been serving as Karl Rove's megaphone.

[progressivebydesign]

60. I am the most protective parent on earth.. BUT..

I don't agree. While the theme is heavy, it's a comic! Kids see things 100 times more graphic and violent portrayed on t.v. daily.. even if all they watched were commercials and promos for movies. No, it's not that. It's the political nature of it. I'm waiting to hear that Get Fuzzy will be pulled any minute now...

[stellanoir]

25. I wonder. . .

if this publication posted the photos of the burned and mutilated "contractors" on their front page last month. . .?

If we protect kids from the gruesome realities of war, they are more likely to engage in it (see GWB* for example).

[tom_paine]

27. Fucking Soviet FUCKOS! LIARS!

"Too violent" my ass, YOU PRAVDA WHORES!

:grr: :grr:

[Options Remain]

38. this is not the first time a cartoon was pulled for content

and wont be the last.

On friday BD is going to swear. "son of a bitch" which trudeau thinks is tame for what some people would say when they found out their leg was missing.

And this is a punch in the gut for a lot of people. Remember that a large part of this country can ignore death violence and slaughter until it happens to someone they know.

BD is someone a lot of people have "known" from childhood. This will make it personal for a lot of people who have been avoiding it...

and yes there will be complaints. Todays comic made me grind my teeth. I hope people get the message rather than shoot the messenger.

and yes I agree explaining it to your kids will be hard.

TearForger

[tom_paine]

39. There's a difference here

Liek when that Doonesbury in the 70s got pulled because he referred to a hippie receiving "a mountain of Turkish hashish" as reward or somesuch.

Bad taste is one thing. Cussing (severe) is one thing.

This is strictly a political move. There is nothing wrong with that strip. Nothing offensive expect to the Pravda that this is a Clean War.

Yes, strips have been pulled before, sometimes especially since the Bloodless Coup of 2000, it has been strictly political.

This is worse. My opinion.

[bigbillhaywood]

58. Soviets were a good thing, it was the Bolsheviks that corrupted them

The Soviets were democratic workers councils that were co-opted by Lenin. But I know what you mean-- that they're Stalinist fucks. I guess I just wanted to make my point anyway.

[0007]

32. Who controls the news, the media and what your likely not to hear or see?

One Chosen by God

[Karenina]

51. The *state-controlled NANNY...

Matriarch of Muddle (mom) media. :shrug:

[mmonk]

33. war is not graphic

I can tell by watching American TV.

[Jesus H. Christ]

36. Is anybody surprised?

Aaron MacGruder's been censored for years.

[hatrack]

37. Let me get this straight

Big boom-booms and flashy explosions as Baghdad's buildings implode are A-OK with the news hos. Clean explosions and distant destruction are acceptable. In fact, they're just the right backdrop for gushy USA! USA! USA! commentary from the slack-jawed newsreaders of all political stripe.

In fact, it's even cool for NPR to run some mouthbreather whining, actually whining, for the "shock and awe" to get going so we can all be suitably shocked and awed at the destruction of a country that didn't attack us.

But GOD FORBID that anything less than clanking, glittering techno-war be shown, even in the squeaky-clean arena of the comics.

Un-FUCKING-believable.

[matcom]

41. BINGO!

we have a winner

[Ilsa]

40. Rummy needs to explain to them that it is sometimes "untidy" in war. n/t

[rocktivity]

42. Too violent and graphic? Where?

They're not referring to the last panel of the last strip, are they? Garry Trudeau didn't draw B.D's leg all busted up and bleeding--HE PUT A BANDAGE ON IT!!! I'm more appalled by the fact that this is the first time I've seen B.D. without a helmet on his head!

:headbang:
rocknation

[AJ BENDER]

43. Amerikans are such Hypocrites !

They gladly wage a REAL war with REAL deaths and REAL injuries and REAL destruction with LIFE and DEATH consequences but yet they shy away from the fruits of their blessings

GUTLESS HYPOCRITICAL WONDERS YOU ARE AMERIKA....NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD HATES US.


:puke:

[sinkingfeeling]

45. Bingo!!

[bigbillhaywood]

57. True, but I hate that AmeriKa stuff...

Seems a little silly to me. Also turns normal people off who may be won over to more radical action.

[clintonrulesalqaida]

63. Gutless?

Puh-leeze...Have you forgotten? Sorry, that's a stupid question. I'm so happy that we have the likes of you to protect and serve this nation of ours. Do us all a favor and step outside this land we call America and then come back with the same attitude that everyone hates us. Who the f*&@ cares? The engine of this world revolves around America and the good work we do. If you can't see this, then perhaps there's a hostel in Europe that has a name on a pillow for you. I'm sure you'll be in good company with Alec Baldwin. :)

[KamaAina]

46. Newspaper Won't Run War Photos on Front Page -- Too Violent

yeah, like that'll ever happen, as if!

The Fishwrap-Cat Box Liner has chosen not to publish this week's Doonesbury in the paper because of the criticism of Our Great pResident Bush* and his warmongering imperialist policies in this week's installment.

We will resume printing Doonesbury in the paper when the content has been approved for publication by Karl Rove.

[hunter]

47. The helmet is gone.

We can no longer pretend it will protect us.

[matcom]

48. people are asking in other threads so

:kick:

[lalajohns]

49. The San Francisco Chronicle ran the comic strip today

..

[mitchum]

50. Chickenshit chickenhawks

gutless cowards

[bobbieinok]

53. has 'Millard Fillmore' ever been pulled? RW propaganda all the time

[progressivebydesign]

62. Or that hideous B.C.!! N/T

[progressivebydesign]

59. I emailed my dissatisfaction with their decision:

<<I read that you are not going to print the current Doonesbury comics, the ones depicting the amputation of the leg of one of the main characters. Shame on you. Do provincial editors, such as yourself, really think that turning a blind eye to the graphic reality of the Iraq war will make it become more palatable? If I look back into your recent archives, will I find much more graphic images under the guise of "news"? Our forefathers must be turning in their graves right now, when they see the sorry condition of our "free media" (aka corporate controlled advertising vehicles). I find it so highly ironic that REAL soldiers and journalists are losing their lives and their limbs to supposedly fight for Iraqi's freedoms... when are own are slowly being whittled away. Of course, the GOP controls the Iraqi media too, right now. >>

[atre]

64. Deluge the editor with emails nm