Hello,

 

I must say that I am a little disappointed that the Post regrets running the Note to Self cartoon.

It’s just a cartoon and anyone looking that hard to be offended by it really has too much time on their hands.

Anyone can be offended by almost anything that is in any newspaper. You can be sorry that people may have taken offense, but not that you put it in the paper to begin with.

 

That said, I think the cartoon is funny, and nowhere in the cartoon does it state that the bear is in the fraternity. He is just at a fraternity function that happens to be serving beer (shocking). Also, the fact that he can’t seem to read has no reflection on the fraternity function that he is attending. He’s a bear, and he’s been having some humorous difficulties since the semester started. That’s all it is. The people who are offended and demanding a front page apology really need to get over themselves. I highly doubt that anyone involved in the cartoon actually sat down and tried to come up with an idea that would offend the “Greek Community” on campus. They just aren’t that important! I really hope that you continue to run the cartoons of the OU Bear in future issues of the paper. Maybe you could run one where he is trying to pledge a fraternity and he isn’t accepted because he can’t read.. haha! But wait, you might offend the other bears on campus who can read! 

 

Thanks for your time

Sandra Krasiecko