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Open Letter to Editorial Cartoonists
May. 20th, 2004 01:19 pmDear Cartoonists:
Love your work. Really. Humor and political commentary are two things that are dear to my heart. Just wanted to tell you that before I tell you this:
If I see one more cartoon comparing the price of gas to milk, bottled water, soft drinks, or Starbucks coffee, I'm going to have to go medieval on someone.
Can you remember Sesame Street? One of these things is not like the others! It may seem clever to make these parallels, but any reader with three brain cells is going to say "Gas is not a voluntary purchase like bottled water or coffee, nor are there substitutes." Or point out that even with a sudden spike in prices, the price of milk 1) does not fluctuate every single day and 2) has not practically doubled in price over the last few years.
Make fun of gas-guzzling SUVs, particulary when owned by people who never go off road. Make fun of how we're handing money to terrorist nations due to our oil dependancy. But knock off the snide comparisons between luxury liquids and gasoline. Your being supercilious is not going to magically create alternatives to commuting to work.
Thank you.
Sincerly,
Me
Love your work. Really. Humor and political commentary are two things that are dear to my heart. Just wanted to tell you that before I tell you this:
If I see one more cartoon comparing the price of gas to milk, bottled water, soft drinks, or Starbucks coffee, I'm going to have to go medieval on someone.
Can you remember Sesame Street? One of these things is not like the others! It may seem clever to make these parallels, but any reader with three brain cells is going to say "Gas is not a voluntary purchase like bottled water or coffee, nor are there substitutes." Or point out that even with a sudden spike in prices, the price of milk 1) does not fluctuate every single day and 2) has not practically doubled in price over the last few years.
Make fun of gas-guzzling SUVs, particulary when owned by people who never go off road. Make fun of how we're handing money to terrorist nations due to our oil dependancy. But knock off the snide comparisons between luxury liquids and gasoline. Your being supercilious is not going to magically create alternatives to commuting to work.
Thank you.
Sincerly,
Me
