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   durtclaw said, 6 months ago

   Justification? We don’t need no Justification!

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   c00k13m0n5t3r said, 6 months ago

   This should be easy, one of those copy-paste jobs…

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   pschearer said, 6 months ago

   I’m sure Wiley would be the first to say that he is only depicting one dishonest business man for comedic purposes and in no way intends to cast aspersions on businessmen in general. Right? RIGHT?? Yeah, right.

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   Richard said, 6 months ago

   BAU.

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   prasrinivara said, 6 months ago

   On the nail, cookiemonster!

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   grazer said, 6 months ago

   Go get ‘em, Wiley.

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   treered said, 6 months ago

   any wonder “first we kill all the lawyers” is so popular…

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   LameRandomName said, 6 months ago

   I used to wonder why Wiley’s grasp of the real world never seemed to advance beyond the third grade.

   Then I saw the audience he writes for.

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   Wildmustang1262 said, 6 months ago

   Embezzlement! That will be severely crime.

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    Wiley said, 6 months ago

    Ok… folks? The cartoon isn’t about business or businessmen. Allegory, people. It’s the essence of satire.

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    MamaTaney said, 6 months ago

    Wiley says:
    Allegory, people. It’s the essence of satire.

    ~ “Allegory” the essence of satire. Wiley, where are you marketing this new fragrance line? ;)

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    Doctor Toon said, 6 months ago

    Wiley - There will always be those who can’t just enjoy a comic for what it is meant to be.
    Can you imagine being so entrenched in a particular worldview that you can’t enjoy the world itself.

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    Radical-Knight said, 6 months ago

    Wiley - Most of us recognize and enjoy your Satire, others just look for any excuse to vent. You’re doin good, Wiley. “DAM da Trolls, Full speed ahead!”

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    Bennn said, 6 months ago

    Wiley and commentators: Intelligence, like so many other things has a normal distribution (bell-shaped) curve. That means that 84% are average intelligence or below. And sadly average ain’t that swift, they apparently don’t know the meaning of Non Sequitur. You may be taxing their ability with words like “Allegory”, “essence” & “satire”

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    johnnydoc5 said, 6 months ago

    Bennn- and “cartoon.”
    I liked the strip.

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    Al said, 6 months ago

    Bennn- For the most part, I think you are right, although the “average” person should still be able to understand TWO syllable words, such as essence and satire.

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    attyush said, 6 months ago

    The putter looks like a hockey stick. The dude in the chair must be Happy Gilmore.

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    jamadison4 said, 6 months ago

    .
    Look Miller, you don’t understand Management Motivation. Its basic Behaviorial Management 101.

    Overlord Rupert has ordered your immediate reprogramming……Don’t attempt to flee……we are everywhere !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    .

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    HangingInThere said, 6 months ago

    I love it how re-naming every perceived ugly word or phrase is to make it more palatable. Of course, FIRST, someone had to perceive it as Ugly! Sigh…

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    bill28 said, 6 months ago

    Sounds just like Okaloosa County.

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    Trebor39 said, 6 months ago

    Business training today requires the ability to spread copious amounts of steaming male bovine fecal matter.

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    btcatt said, 6 months ago

    Allegorically we don’t prosecute the lawyers (which is really funny because that decision is made by other lawyers…)

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    Ira Nayman said, 6 months ago

    I’m surprised that, even after the cartoonist told you that it wasn’t correct, some people continue to insist that this cartoonn is primarily about businessmen. Although I think in terms of metaphor rather than allegory (tomayto/tomahto), allow me to try and get at the heart of what the cartoon is about.

    As I see it, the cartoon is about the Bush administration getting lawyers to write memos justifying waterboarding, which is torture, which is illegal. Wiley’s point is that a legal opinion doesn’t make a crime suddenly okay. (A secondary point is if you ask for a specific legal interpretation, you aren’t getting impartial legal advice.) I suspect Wiley used the metaphor of the businessman because the issues are more clearcut (and less politically fraught) than the issue of torture.

    I’m glad to see that Wiley is keeping his satirical blades sharp. I don’t always agree with his point of view, but I always appreciate that he has one.