[nickcarraway]

[Celtic Conservative]

Oh, FFS. Has everybody lost their sense of humor?

CC

[iamgalt]

I think it’s funny as it is meant to be

[alternatives?]

Even back in 1987 we had women searching for ways to be offended.

[oldplayer]

My wife (girlfriend then) and I attended a smallish event in Southern California where Goodall presented some of her early fascinating work. We were upper division anthro students then - circa 1973 or so. She had a great presence, spoke well, and seemed pretty normal for someone on the edge of the Bell curve.

My wife was taken by Goodall’s take on primate child rearing. She used much of it in the raising of our own son and daughter, both who seem to have survived splendidly.

[BradyLS]

It’s easy to see why Larson can make it in his own.

[Ancesthntr]

It’s nothing but funny - anthropomorphizing the chimps so that the wife is very suspicious and accusatory. Honestly, it was making g fun of jealous wives or girlfriends, not Jane Goodall.

[dayglored]

If you look carefully at the T-shirt you'll see that the Goodall Institute changed the alleged offensive word. "Tramp" is gone, and "Woman" is substituted.

It doesn't affect the humor of the cartoon, although it takes a little of the edge off of it (part of the humor is the bitchiness of the wife).

I can understand why they did it -- respect for Goodall. I wonder if Larson approved of the change or just overlooked it....

[catbertz]

Long love Far Side, long live Gary Larson. His comics are exactly my humor and brought me so many laughs during many ups and downs of life. Sometimes it’s all the little things that get you through, like a comic strip that makes you laugh, or a great steak. 😋

[Organic Panic]

Lighten up Francis.

[SMARTY]

I loved it when her ‘wonderful’ chimps were filmed murdering one another and cannibalizing chimp babies

She couldn't push the ‘noble beast’ shtick after that

[KobraKai]

According to The Simpsons, Jane Goodall was using her chimpanzees as slave workers to mine blood diamonds in Africa.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable - even by a self-described "loony" as Larson.

LOL, completely missed the point of cartoon which is dealing with a jealous girlfriend or wife. It's a lose lose situation. Of course, we can't expect those types of women to see the humor in the situation.

[T.B. Yoits]

From the article: ...her discoveries that include the erroneous presumption that man was the only primate to make and use tools, a distinction that - until her findings disproved it - been a measure of superiority of human beings over other primates.

Wow, such leftist bias from author Brian Cronin. Many birds make and use tools. It doesn't change human beings measure of superiority over other primates one iota.

[bk1000]

“To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable - even by a self-described “loony” as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying the news to persons with a better than average intelligence.”

Seriously, liberals? It was funny. Get over it. Goodall’s photo is currently popping up as a response to chimp-out posts online. I would think they would find that more distasteful, but then I realize the offender in the comic is a straight male and it becomes clear why they are offended.

[Vaduz]

If it’s comedy the left will go after it they don’t know how to use it their mind is to twisted.

[1Old Pro]

“TRAMP”, my my, if we could only get back to using such mild language.