Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 01, 2012
November 30, 2012
December 02, 2012
Transcript:
Professor: Okay, that's it for today, people. Keep tracking any news from Iraq. Remember, this course if unfolding in real time. In fact, your final exam will cover everything right up to the official 31 December exit date. Questions? Student: Professor, will we be responsible for the aftermath. Professor: Yes, but it won't be on the test. Student: Ha! That's dark. Thanks.
“Dark.”
One of the definitions of “dark” in Urban Dictionary is that “dark” is “Considered good in some circles, with it’s opposite, light having to do with conformity and lack of integrity.”
If this is the meaning intended by the big red-headed guy in the dark blue shirt, then he would be approving the wry or odd or mysterious meaning that the students should be “responsible” in some way for the “aftermath” of W.Bush’s war in Iraq that is “unfolding in real time”. Does the general mean “politically” responsible?