Notre Dame Cartoon Promotes Gay Bashing

[Ghoulish Delight]

Was your use of quotes on "apology" meant to imply that you aren't happy with the apology? It seems like a pretty unequivocal apology and admission that the cartoon was completely inappropriate and should not have been published at all.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Yes, I consider it to be a lame apology.

[Tref]

The apology, as they say, is worth the paper it was printed on. The most troubling aspect of this is that it was ever thought to be acceptable humor in the first place. I wonder how many read and approved this cartoon before it was printed and what does it say that apparently no one questioned it.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Tref

...and what does it say that apparently no one questioned it.

Not knowing anything about that particular operation it is possible that nobody paid sufficient attention to notice it, just dumping the comic into its normal spot and moving on.

Or that the person/people responsible just didn't get it. I was always surprised in college at the weird pockets of naivety you'd run into. I recall one woman who became the laughingstock of the dorm for a while when it was discovered she thought an orgy was a big scary monster (ogre).

Or they just didn't think it a big deal until the **** hit the fan.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

The editor has resigned and the strip has been pulled.

The President of Notre Dame has issued a statement on the matter as well.