[Thebaddog]

What an idget.

[dansangel]

Another Ted Rall in the making.

::::::shudder::::::

[JimVT]

School has no power over paper

There's your idjets!

[lancer]

Vroom's attempt at poking fun at stereotypes didn't work

Ah, yes, an understatement and a rationale, all in one sentence....Obviously, Vroom's brain was running on empty. (No more Vroom, Vroom...)

[Unam Sanctam]

a student says he wants to tell a "Jew joke'' but decides not to because he doesn't want "Isiah down at the bank to beat me with his nose.''

...

In the apology, editor in chief Evan McLaughlin, of Palatine, said even though Vroom "did not intend for the comic to degrade Jewish people...

Say wha? How can there be no intent to degrade Jewish people? Actually, he should have just made fun of Christians. It is perfectly acceptable, and in most lib. newspapers it is open season on bashing Christians these days.

[em2vn]

...'' but said the university has no power over the paper."
Isn't it about time the university exercised its power over the paper?

[Bigh4u2]

"Vroom "did not intend for the comic to degrade Jewish people or Judaism"

Yeah, right.

And it 'accidently' got published in the school newspaper.

What a bunch of B.S.!!!

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Ah yes. Another fine example of a good socialist media whore in training.

He's learning his lessons well and this little stunt will likely earn him a plum job at the New York Times, Washington Post, Time Magazine or Newsweak.

[Savage Beast]

"...the content was offensive to those concerned."

Oh I don't know. I'm sure the "chique, Leftist, loved-those-'60's, everybody-I-know-voted-for-Kerry" crowd is concerned too.

As for Flyover Country--who cares whether those hicks are offended or not?

[Kerfuffle]

"Vroom's strip has poked fun at sorority women, Democrats and Republicans, lesbians, even Jesus."

Sounds like this guy had the PC crowd just waiting for the chance to attack.

[sausageseller]

Here is a good article about this "goofy" paper:

http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=22&x_article=454

[PAR35]

Vroom's strip has poked fun at Jesus.

I'd be less likely to call those complaining hypocrites if they had raised as large an outcry against his attack on Christians and their beliefs.

[Pearls Before Swine]

That's not much of a joke, or much of a slur. Here's the bright side: If they are that strict with a little Jewish joke, the campus must be a relativew paradise compared to most, because pro-Pali groups must be unable to spew their hateful propaganda.

[Sloth]

You may see an example of this strip here:

http://www.illinimedia.com/di/comics/index.php?id=1416

(Language & blasphemy warning)

[SaveTheChief]

That paper isn't even fit for lining a bird cage. I imagine many student run newspapers out there are the same.

The only good reason to subscribe back in the late 80's was so we could read Bloom County every day.

[LowOiL]

Good riddance...

[SJackson]

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[television is just wrong]

Words are sometimes in poor taste. We all have to be bigger than that. Racist and anti-semite remarks are hate words, but they are just words. It is ignorance that causes these feelings against others.

[asgardshill]

"Mike Vroom"? Suuuuure - I'm satisfied that's his real last name. Either that or the magic mushroom told Mom and Dad to go forth and change their surname.

[Calusa]

Vroom "makes fun of everyone and everything . . . often depicts students having sex and contains foul language...the latest strip was the only one that was "definitely past the line.''

Text book illustration of 'The slippery slope'. Instead of abiding at a reasonable center position the media is always dancing on the edge. One mistep and thousands of readers are treated to hate speech or needlessly revolting images and opinions.