Conscience

To the Editors of The Crimson:

In the Tuesday installment of Bloom County, Berke Breathed makes it clear that Steve Dalla's alter-ego "fairy" is not a symbol of homosexuality but is instead a sort of conscience that is trying to cure Steve of his sexist "macho" complex. Only Dallas (and, it would appear, the Crimson senior executive board) equates sensitivity with homosexuality, and the ignorance he displays both in making this mental association and in disapproving of both kinds of behavior is precisely what makes Monday's installment (the one which The Crimson censored) funny.

As for the rest of Bloom County's February installments, I confess that I cannot find any examples of its having "tastelessly poked fun at several groups." unless one considers sado-masochists and giant snorklewackers to be oppressed minorities whose fragile self-images must be protected at all coasts. Grady Catterall '85