I have to admit that some of Carmen Cerra’s work cracks me up, but lately I’ve been finding this pseudo-intellectual humor very offensive.

I took the Catholicism piece as an attack against my religion. “Fine,” I said.

I took that in stride. “Yeah, 2000 years of kicking ass.”

Today’s little piece on the radar evading plane went just a little too far.

War is not funny. No matter what side you are on.

Did Carmen take into consideration the pilot that risked his life out there?

Who cares if we agree with what’s going in Yugoslavia or not. A man was just doing his job in that plane and putting his life on the line.

What do you think the pilots family went through while they were awaiting news of his rescue?

Carmen, it is not funny and you are not funny.

Would it be funny if we saw a comic about innocent people having the crap bombed out of them? No!

You should have some respect for this man. He was just doing what he was ordered to do.

What if you were in his situation?

What if a friend or a family member were in that plane that was shot down?

Would you laugh at your comic then?

I really doubt it. Next time you try to be funny, think about the people you can hurt with your “satire.”

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Andy Perfecto

Graduate student

Interdisciplinary graduate studies