In times of old, The Furies protected Mother Right. If a mother (or any woman) was harmed, The Furies swooped down and took their vengeance. They were one of the last vestiges of a world that existed before the patriarchy. When we feel righteous anger, it is The Furies who are calling out to us to make what is wrong right again.

Thursday, April 22, 2004

Doonesbury Goes to War...Again 

Have you been reading Doonesbury lately? BD has just been wounded in Iraq. I've been following the strip on and off since I was in high school and the U.S. was in Vietnam. Mario has followed it much more closely these past few years than I have. Doonesbury helped form my early political views. BD was the football player sent to Vietnam. He always wore a football helmet. Yesterday, Trudeau took off BD's helmut in a chopper after he's injured; he also reveals that BD has lost part of his leg. In Friday's strip, BD swears. Ohmy. Because BD yells, "Son of a bitch," many newspapers wanted to pull the strip. The syndicate said they were free to pull it, but no substitute would be provided.
Posted by: Kim Antieau / 4/22/2004 10:10:00 PM
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