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10/31/2018 at 15:51 • Filed to: None

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Kinja'd!!! Urambo Tauro > ttyymmnn
10/31/2018 at 15:56

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Watterson Wednesday > Far Side Friday


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Urambo Tauro
10/31/2018 at 16:04

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This is definitely one of the darker ones I’ve seen. Then again, this was long before mass shootings were a thing.

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Kinja'd!!! BigBlock440 > ttyymmnn
10/31/2018 at 16:16

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Going postal was a thing, I don’t know exactly when that strip was written, but probably after that.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > BigBlock440
10/31/2018 at 16:20

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True, but it seems like everything changed after Columbine. At least “going postal” wasn’t necessarily a random thing done by sociopaths who were trying to get attention. 


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn
10/31/2018 at 17:22

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I don’t see it as that dark. Just a commentary on hunting, and our rationalization for it. I mean, the deer are just going about their (possible boring) day, looking for food or water, when the shot fires.  


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/31/2018 at 17:24

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You’re right, but I guess it has taken on more baggage in our age of mass workplace/school shootings. I have to wonder if Watterson would draw the same cartoon today.


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn
10/31/2018 at 17:27

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That’s a good question. Probably not.


Kinja'd!!! gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/31/2018 at 19:48

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While that’s true, humans have also eliminated the traditional apex predators... humans. And the lesser predators. Death by skilled hunter is also far more humane than death by natural causes; getting eaten to death, starving to death, or getting sick and dying of exposure. Just like free-range cattle are critical to the health of  natural grasslands traditionally grazed by bison, which we eliminated. It's all about balance. 


Kinja'd!!! BigBlock440 > ttyymmnn
10/31/2018 at 22:03

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I’m young enough that I don’t remember any instances prior to Columbine, but old enough to remember movies where “going postal” was used as a punchline.  But you’re right that it probably wouldn’t have been drawn today.


Kinja'd!!! You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn
11/01/2018 at 09:18

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Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/01/2018 at 10:37

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Like I said about my kids, they never learned to walk. They learned to run. Now that they’re teenagers, though, it’s a different story.