10.30.2003
Fall out continues at Alligator over cartoon
"Friday’s editorial cartoon drew more letters to the editor than any other topic this year," says the editorial. "Those seeking a retraction or apology for the decision will not find it in this column. The editors of the Alligator take full responsibility for the decision. We do not consider publishing it an oversight or mistake but rather a deliberate parody of the ways the two campus groups express their beliefs..."
The editor himself writes, "During the last couple of days, the Alligator and I have been criticized as anti-Semitic and ignorant toward the horrific events of the Holocaust."
The cartoonist responds to the criticism: "Have you forgotten that cartoons are not to be taken literally? Don’t tell me you were the balcony leapers who believed the cartoon physics when Wile E. Coyote ran off the edge of a cliff, hovered, looked at the audience, waved goodbye and then fell..."
And he has a new one up, poking fun at censorship.
"Distribute Alligator in the Middle East," says one letter writer. Another writes, "Overreaction shows disturbing paranoia."
The editor himself writes, "During the last couple of days, the Alligator and I have been criticized as anti-Semitic and ignorant toward the horrific events of the Holocaust."
The cartoonist responds to the criticism: "Have you forgotten that cartoons are not to be taken literally? Don’t tell me you were the balcony leapers who believed the cartoon physics when Wile E. Coyote ran off the edge of a cliff, hovered, looked at the audience, waved goodbye and then fell..."
And he has a new one up, poking fun at censorship.
"Distribute Alligator in the Middle East," says one letter writer. Another writes, "Overreaction shows disturbing paranoia."
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