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In a war you usually know who the enemy is. In
the case of this cartoon it raises the fact that
while man was fighting man in many wars, Big
Tobacco and our (USA) government were giving our
soldiers the death sentence through free and
discounted cigarettes. Who would have thought that
wars would be a great marketing opportunity for the
tobacco companies, evidently they did, and our
soldiers are still dying from it. This falls under
death by friendly fire, but the fire came from a
cigarette lighter. How many other countries did
this happen to?
States The World's Fastest Clown, " This cartoon
hit me the hardest. My grandfather fought in W.W.II
and lived through it just to be killed slowly and
painfully by tobacco. Thought provoking cartoons
like this is what this contest is all about. This
one's for my grandfather "Popeye," Raymond P.
Johnson. Rest in peace knowing we're after your
killers."
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