# "Opus" comic strip suppressed **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 25, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907 "2007-08-25T18:08:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/1 "2007-08-25T18:08:56Z")
There are no details, but [Berkeley Breathed](http://www.berkeleybreathed.com/pages/index.asp) states on his website that many newspapers are not going to print his “Opus” comic strips for August 26 and September 2. Apparently, they don’t want to offend Muslims. Here we have a classic example of liberal cowardice and hypocrisy. Would they have been so sensitive about the feelings of Christians? I rather doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/2 "2007-08-25T18:19:12Z")
Which newspapers? I mean, if you’re going to accuse hypocrisy and liberal bias, I expect you have a list of those papers all ready. On the site it only mentions the Washington Post (Which I remember being discussed here but don’t remember if it was in the context of “idiotic liberal trash” or “moronic conservative crap”). ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/3 "2007-08-25T18:31:39Z")
[Here’s one of the strips.](http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8650/opus82607su2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/4 "2007-08-25T18:33:16Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Which newspapers? I mean, if you’re going to accuse hypocrisy and liberal bias, I expect you have a list of those papers all ready. On the site it only mentions the Washington Post (Which I remember being discussed here but don’t remember if it was in the context of “idiotic liberal trash” or “moronic conservative crap”). [/QUOTE] As you can see from the strip, no reasonable person would be offended; yet editors across the country have pulled it. It was an action so cowardly and hypocritical, that I just naturally assumed it must have been liberals. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/5 "2007-08-25T18:35:49Z")
Ah. Well, thanks for the honesty, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![the\_PC\_apeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_PC\_apeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_PC_apeman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/6 "2007-08-25T18:45:14Z")
FWIW, a take on the [political leanings of the Washington Post](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post#Political_leanings). ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/7 "2007-08-25T18:53:03Z")
Some editors aren’t running it because it contains a mild sex joke. Others aren’t running it [because they’re scared of Muslims.](http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003631122) The syndicate even showed the strip to two Muslim clerics who pronounced it acceptable–and still these eunuchs won’t run it. My contempt for the media grows almost every day. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/8 "2007-08-25T19:01:05Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] Here we have a classic example of liberal cowardice and hypocrisy. Would they have been so sensitive about the feelings of Christians? I rather doubt it. [/QUOTE] That’s a good point. Nothing, in the history of this country: not comics, not novels, not movies, not paintings, have ever, in any place or time, been pulled because it might be offensive to Christians. It’s simply never, ever happened, at all. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/9 "2007-08-25T19:17:17Z")
[QUOTE=the PC apeman] FWIW, a take on the [political leanings of the Washington Post](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post#Political_leanings). [/QUOTE] That Wiki page was last modified two days ago. I wonder what was modified and who did it. A television news commentator is quoted, calling the Post a “neocon paper.” Gosh. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/10 "2007-08-25T19:23:39Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] That Wiki page was last modified two days ago. I wonder what was modified and who did it. A television news commentator is quoted, calling the Post a “neocon paper.” Gosh. [/QUOTE] There were [three edits](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Washington_Post&action=history) on August 23. The first was to maintain name consistency, the second was vandalism, and the third was to remove that vandalism. ---
**Author:** ![the\_PC\_apeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_PC\_apeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_PC_apeman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/11 "2007-08-25T19:26:05Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] That Wiki page was last modified two days ago. I wonder what was modified and who did it. [/quote] > **[The Washington Post: Revision history](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Washington_Post&action=history)** > > For any version listed below, click on its date to view it. For more help, see Help:Page history and Help:Edit summary. (cur) = difference from current version, (prev) = difference from preceding version, m = minor edit, → = section edit, ← = automatic edit summary > [@](#): > > A television news commentator is quoted, calling the Post a “neocon paper.” Gosh. It’s up each reader to decide if Chris Matthews is an informed and impartial commentator on national politics and the Washington Post’s role therein. Thank you for your vote. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/12 "2007-08-25T20:14:29Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] …It was an action so cowardly and hypocritical, that I just naturally assumed it must have been liberals. [/QUOTE] Well, of course you did. What else could it have been? Case closed! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/13 "2007-08-25T20:35:41Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] As you can see from the strip, no reasonable person would be offended; yet editors across the country have pulled it. It was an action so cowardly and hypocritical, that I just naturally assumed it must have been liberals. [/QUOTE] What is the debate here? The cowardice and hypocrisy of liberals? The preponderance of left leaning newspapers? The intellectual prowess of conservatives? Just what are we supposed to debate? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/14 "2007-08-25T20:55:35Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] Here we have a classic example of liberal cowardice and hypocrisy. Would they have been so sensitive about the feelings of Christians? I rather doubt it. [/QUOTE] Give me a break. Stores around the country came under siege because they had signs saying “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.” The media is so terrified of Christians it won’t even say that evolution is a fact. 70% of Americans are Christians. They have all the power. They control everything. They have always cowed the media out of reporting anything even vaguely skeptical of its core historical claims. Oh…and most LIBERALS are Christians…just FYI. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/15 "2007-08-26T01:50:22Z")
It was more of a dig at western pop culture than it was at Islam-and she didn’t even use the word “Allah” in the last panel! Un-frickin-believable. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/16 "2007-08-26T02:22:18Z")
There was a show on Channel 4 in the UK recently called something along the lines of The Most Offensive Joke Ever. They told several very offensive, racist jokes on the show but weren’t allowed to do the Muslim jokes they wanted to. Or so they claimed anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/17 "2007-08-26T02:28:20Z")
It’s never been clear to me how one CAN avoid offending Muslims. They seem born to be offended. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/18 "2007-08-26T03:02:26Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] It was an action so cowardly and hypocritical, that I just naturally assumed it must have been liberals. [/QUOTE] This says quite a bit more about you than it says about them. And there’s a damn good chance these “liberals” are Christians. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/19 "2007-08-26T03:34:37Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] It’s never been clear to me how one CAN avoid offending Muslims. They seem born to be offended. [/QUOTE] Are not; I’m offended by that remark. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907/20 "2007-08-26T04:01:13Z")
Regardless of whether the Post is “liberal” or “neo-con” pulling the strip is pretty pathetic. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907.md?page=2)