Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 13, 2010

He’s certainly turned pale.

“Who was that masked man, anyway?”

Do you think, just maybe, Jeff is learning a lesson???

Nah, wouldn’t last over a week, if that.

Well, if he’s not a ghost now he will be soon.

OK, now Overkill is just toying with him. Maybe he brought him along for in-flight entertainment?

GoComics needs to do what comics.com does to stop the annoying spammers…. Flagging two or three spammers each comic is getting very old.

Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift. Translation is our Challenge.

A takeoff on the movie “Dinner for Schmucks” – if this “Doonesbury” story is suppose to be part of any reality this scenario is the only thing I can think of that makes any kind of sense. If not, then Overkill is mad as a hatter.

Jeff will come through for him but not as expected. He and Karzai will be best of friends. Both living in a fairyland.

Negotiation is the art of the distraction. Jeff is being sent to make a point, although probably not the point he thinks he’s making,.

Wow, even Jeff realizes that he’s in over his head.

yeah, justice. just wait til jeff meets him, and discovers karzai is just an internet ghost/legend too. heh.

@avolunteer, I agreely really. But I feel it’s my duty to flag spam wheresoever I run into it. If I don’t do it, nobody else will, either.

(sigh)…

Maybe The Red Rascal’s bungling will result in Karzai evicting all American troops from Afghanistan. Nah, it’s just a comic strip.

The best way to flag spammers is quietly. The more you comment about them, the more you encourage them.

Don’t forget that the Rascal is a seasoned operative who has proven his mettle. He’s even shot down a chopper… the fact that it was a friendly chopper won’t make a difference to negotiations with Karzai - it might even win him points.

WaitingMan, that’s good advice for trolls, but spammers just program their computers and don’t even read the content. Any way to ‘dis them should be encouraged. Are there any “social engineer” types around who would like to take down the specific website this guy keeps promoting?

Is Red Rascal turning Yellow?

Re: Doonesbury and spammers

What’s the difference between today’s strip and a spam ad? Both allude to a real world (Afghanistan, personal products) that they pretend to control by offering you a fantasy. Both pander to our willing folly, and we merely compound our foolishness with self-righteous protests against the website, or with zealous iconoclasm (“flagging”).

The difference is choice. We choose to follow a cartoon strip but we resent intrusive, unsolicited spam ads that attempt to capitalize on us without paying any fees.

Jeff should have read Robert J. Ringer’s “Winning Through Intimidation.” One of the lessons is that you should make your gravitas look bigger than it really is. Jeff knows how to do that with a website, but now he’s gotta do it face-to-face with a Karzai.

I bet Duke could give him pointers on how to handle Central Asian heads of state.

If Havoc doesn’t kill him first.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank late night & early morning flaggers for thinning the herd before I usually get around to reading the funnies. You provide a valuable public service.

You’re welcome.

rickmac1937 said, bring in uncle duke after this nitwit gets put in jail or cave.uncle duke will save his ass.

I don’t think Duke and Jeff have ever heard of each other.