Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 05, 2014
September 04, 2014
September 06, 2014
Transcript:
Duke: I'm telling you, Cy, Woodcock's slow freight! He'll never cut it here! They'll have him for breakfast his first day! Cy: Sorry, Duke. He's the president's choice. We've got enough trouble with labor as it is... Duke: But, Cy, they'll bury him! I know the Chinese! These people are vicious, capricious, and extremely cunning! Honey: But polite. Duke: Okay, granted, they're polite... Honey: We like to think that still counts for something.
It is sometimes hard to tell what others are thinking. My teen daughter is currently visiting Japan, neighbor of China. In Japan she has noticed there is an epidemic of young people wearing wildly inappropriate English language phrases on tshirts and other items. These are often phrases which describe sexual acts, using extremely profane language. She isn’t always sure that the person wearing the item knows what it means. She is certain that the Japanese equivalent would never be allowed in public. She is concerned that the teenage kids could find that this is not a good idea in an unfortunate incident of some kind…