Lesson: Terrorism Works. (Part of a continuing series)
Berkeley Breathed alerts his readers that the 8/26 and 9/2 Opus strips won’t be appearing in many papers. Because Steve’s nutty girlfriend Lola Granola is going through phases of trying out different religions. And she’s picked, you guessed it, the ROP(MA).
Of course, we get the standard excuses about not wanting to offend. But the money quote (concerning the 8/19 strip) tells us all we need to hear:
As far as whether the Post and the Post Writers Group syndicate treated content about conservative Christians differently than it did content about conservative Muslims, it certainly could be taken that way.
“It appears on the surface to be a double standard,” Burford said, “but at the same time, the climate of the world probably informs their decision with how to go forward with it.”
Translation: “Well, the Christians won’t try to blow us up.”