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...opinion, that's not funny. This cartoon is from page 41 of the latest issue of The Harvard Lampoon, our humor magazine. "Humor" is not license to mock suffering. This cartoon is not only tasteless and offensive, but it reflects an overwhelming amount of insensitivity to an issue which touches everyone at our school. It says that it is fine for a man to force a woman to have sex against her will, because "no means yes" and rape is something a woman really gets off on. If this woman slept with this man after he apparently raped her, then...
...reinforce the bigotry they express. I am not accusing anyone of being a rapist. However, I am shocked not only that anyone would create such a cartoon or think it was funny, but even more, that through the entire editorial process, not one person on the staff of The Lampoon was aware enough of what this cartoon stated to object to it. This lack of awareness says a lot about how people easily make light of that which does not affect them...
...Lampoon Narthex Tyler E. Chapman '90 said the sign was "actually better than some of things he has proposed in the past," referring to plans to turn the semi-secret society into a public urinal or homeless shelter...
...other business, the council voted to order the Public Works Department to "erect a sign in front of the Harvard Lampoon that reads 'Freedom Square' as per council order of 1960, and to protect the Freedom Tree in front of the same building...
...tree, located in front of the Lampoon castle on Bow St., was attacked several weeks ago by unknown vandals for the fourth time in several years...