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Leggo My Sluggo

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I go on assignment for two days and what happens? I miss the greatest letter to the editor in the history of letters to the editor.

Here’s the letter, in full:

We are outraged by the July 20 “Nancy” comic strip.

By making light of Nancy beating Sluggo to a pulp in a jealous rage, the strip trivializes relationship abuse and suggests that violence is an acceptable way to resolve personal disputes.

Domestic violence should not be a punch line for a cheap joke. You and the strip’s authors owe your readers an apology.

Judy Kahan, Chief Executive Officer
Center Against Domestic Violence Brooklyn, N.Y.

After the jump, some thoughts.

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