3/7: Ted Rall's "Terror Widows" cartoon

[sleemanj]

Originally posted by Undertoad

I like Ted Rall, and I've bought one of his books, but I agree with the folks who say he went over the line on this one, which was retracted by the NY Times.

Rall is entitled to a mistake if he agrees he made one, but I haven't heard his own take on the whole thing. He hasn't said anything on his website .

Living well outside of the US I can see where he is coming from.

At night here in NZ around 12pm we get to see the ABC news broadcast on one of our free to air channels. For MONTHS after 9/11, infact pretty much still now, you could garauntee that there will be something about 9/11 on the show - often some grieving person. Wah wah wah. People die every day, many horrifically, what makes these people so special that they get 5 mins of fame because of it. You don't see "Mabel, your husband died of a brain tumor yesterday, the pain you feel now must be just unbearable." - no of course not but is her suffering less than that by any of the 9/11 bereaved ?!

And for those that ask for compensation from airlines, or airports or whoever - jeez, can anybody say gold digger. I'm lucky to live in a country where suing somebody or something is a very rare occurance, infact it is not possible in this country to sue for damages resulting from an accident (we are compensated by the government for accidents). Frankly - we are much better off without it.

It's black humor people, and most of us live in a free nation where a person is entitled to say what they think which includes black humor. If you don't like it - move to china.

It's *never* a mistake to speak (or draw in this case) your mind (unless of course you're speaking it to some 7ft behemoth while standing within arms reach :-)).

(Edit : removed image .. doh.)