Some Papers Pull or Censor Doonesbury
Doonesbury, the comic strip that is no stranger to controversy, has been censored again.
In a story line that began Monday, B.D., a football coach-turned-soldier, lost a leg after being reactivated in the Army at the end of 2002. In Friday's strip, his doctor explains how amputees go through a grieving process that starts with denial, followed by anger. In the final panel, B.D. curses from behind a hospital curtain, skipping the denial.
The curse (popularly abbreviated as "S.O.B.") was deleted by some papers, while at least two others pulled the strip.
The strip's creator, Garry Trudeau, explained his decision to pursue a story line that leaves B.D. disabled but not dead.
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