Conley's Humor Crosses the Line

I challenge Sebastian Conley to explain why he chose Gorazde as a vehicle for humor about cannibalism. In light of the relentless and ruthless bombardment of Gorazde by Bosnian Serb militia, I was stunned after reading his "Seth Lives" strip which appeared on April 21,1994.

Perhaps Conley is unaware that hospitals and humanitarian relief centers in this Muslim community have been systematically destroyed and that impartial observers refer to Gorazde as a slaughterhouse. Maybe in a future strip, he will ridicule victims of the current massacre in Kigali, Rwanda, where the death toll now stands at a staggering 100,000.

Among people who are even casually aware of the plight faced by Bosnian Muslims, could there be even one person who found this strip humorous? Even Gary Larson and Jim Unger, two very funny cartoonists who push the line of good taste to its outer limits, know where the line exists. Clearly, Conley does not. Joseph W. Hogan   Doctoral Student   School of Public Health