BY KEITH EVANS
I am in full protest of Veteran’s day from here on out. Why, you ask? I just read an article that truly disturbed me. It alerted me to the fact that “veterans” refuse to acknowledge humor. In return, I feel it’s more than suitable that I refuse to acknowledge them. Now, don’t get me wrong, though I’ve never been a huge fan of war, I do appreciate the men and women who fight (be it volunteered or forced) for our country. What I DON’T appreciate is people who complain for complaining sake over something as insignificant as a Garfield comic strip, which ironically is the funniest installment of this comic I’ve EVER read.
To summarize, Garfield is about to kill a bug, who immediately alerts him that if he is “squashed”, he’ll be famous and they’ll honor him with a day of remembrance. Cut to children bugs in a classroom as their bug teacher explains to them why they celebrate National Stupid Day. LMAO. Generally, Garfield is jam packed with unfunny jokes about how much he can eat, or played out anecdotes involving lame interaction with him and his virgin owner Jon. Anytime I read the comics, Garfield (along with Family Circle) is always a must-skip. But finally, Garfield is amusing, and a bunch of Veteran’s who apparently have nothing else to complain about (God forbid we just had an election) are all of a sudden SO sensitive that they can’t take a joke. I mean, if you can’t laugh at yourself, you really shouldn’t be laughing at anything.
Also, how is it even possible that they took offense to it in the first place. Do they consider themselves bugs? If so, then ok, I understand. However, if you guys are HUMAN soldiers, than I’m not sure where your vengeance stems from? National holiday for human soldiers who died fighting for the rights of our country (or because we decided to jump in another country’s business) would be rightfully known as Veteran’s Day. National holiday for a bug squashed by an obese talking cat, . . . That would rightfully be called National Stupid Day. What’s the issue?
Of course, because Jon Davis doesn’t want any problems, and he lives in Indiana, an apology was quick to surface. He actually even admitted to the fact that he never wrote that FOR Veteran’s Day. That particular strip was a year old. So I suppose the question would be, who decides which ones published on which day? Maybe they are to blame. Or maybe no one is. Perhaps we, as the self proclaimed most dominant country in the world, should get over ourselves and stop sweating Garfield.
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