Note that some web hosts disable the ini_set() function for security reasons, so the above trick may not work.

While I agree that a comic can work without consistent characterization, I don’t think a coherent storyline can. My critique is leveled primarily at the Hob storyline, which had some a fair amount of intended continuity.

I brought up the quote to suggest that the author aversion to people returning to the strip primarily for the cast was the reason Hob came off disjointed and disconnected. That a stronger attention to characterization would have made the Hob story both easier to follow and more satisfying, even if the intention for the strip as a whole was not to be a character driven one.

Thanks for your perspective on this. It’s very appreciated.

Merrian Webster defines terrorism as “the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion” and on a technical level, threatening and then committing violence upon someone to scare them becomes terrorism as soon as it becomes systematic.

Threatening and assaulting reporters who come to your rallies may not be systematic, but combined with threats at other rallies, and with the scary hate-and-threat filled e-mail and voice mail places like ACORN are getting, I’d say we’re coming up to that off-ramp. What’s missing is a lot more violence, and I hope it stays that way.

All that said, I’ll concede a certain amount of hyperbole on my part (which I did my best to limit by saying “lesser form of terrorism”), but maintain my central point. There is a said, scary irony in a group of people insinuating a presidential candidate is a terrorist when they’re simultaneously threatening reporters who disagree with them.

Thanks a lot for the feedback. It’s appreciated. I’m considering a post about my, and other people’s, use of the word “terrorism” because of it.

…federal pony distribution system?