While scanning the opinion section of The Breeze in Thursday’s issue, I stopped at The Ever Social Darwin. Usually, this comic is somewhat clever and funny. The comic on Thursday was neither. As a fervent Catholic, I did not find making light of the Pope’s finances or the Vatican’s budget to be appropriate. And bringing up the selling of indulgences, which occurred in the Middle Ages and has never resurfaced, was absolutely distasteful.
The Breeze is supposedly a student-run newspaper that represents the student body and community. A large number of Catholics attend JMU, and comprise a sizable amount of the student body. Why would The Ever Social Darwin choose to mock a faith that represents such a large portion of JMU?
The two subjects people in polite society know to avoid are politics and religion. I realize The Ever Social Darwin tries to find humor in everything, but there is nothing humorous about blatant disrespect. I trust that such humorless gibes at the Catholic Church will never again be printed in The Breeze.
Allyson Payne is a sophomore, English major.
