One of the news stories that made the rounds today was that Garfield creator Jim Davis apologized for the offensive timing of one of his strips. The punchline of the strip, which is possibly his funniest for the year, refers to "National Stupid Day." It was unfortunately released on Veterans' Day.
While Davis probably needed to issue the apology to clear things up, the question I have is who in their right mind actually thinks that Davis would intentionally insult the military. Is there a humorist of any form anywhere who actively avoids insulting anyone as much as Davis does? If anything, one of the first things that most people think of when they think of the strip Garfield is that it is inoffensive to a fault.
If there really is a significant group of people who believe that Davis was intentionally disrespectful to the military that says a lot more about society than Davis. Are people really that easily manipulated into manufactured anger? I sincerely hope not.
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