Censorship

I recently made a reference to “comic sensors,” and I guess I understand an editor’s desire to keep something read by children free from words generally considered unsuitable for young vocabularies. But we hear lots of stuff on TV that everyone gets exposed to, and references to many things (such as politicians and current events) are not considered equivalent to taking a position on them.

Here’s an example of an instance when these censors (I won’t call them editors) went rather too far, in my opinion.

This Pearls Before Swine comic, by the excellent (read horrible) punster Stephen Pastis, got pulled. (Follow the link for the NCAC article about it.) C’mon, guys, we hear that word all the time. It’s okay to make fun of ISIS. Or maybe I should ask the NSA to lighten up, too?

PS—I ran into another strip, The Argyle Sweater, that’s sort of about censorship. Can’t really say I object to this one…