Many of you noticed that my comic about the jet lagged baby that ran on 1/25/06 had two endings. One version ran on the Internet and the other ran in most newspapers. I sometimes offer alternate versions (a naughty one and a harmless one) when I know newspapers will have heartburn over a particular topic.
Here’s the harmless version that ran in most newspapers.
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Now here’s the way it was originally written. I think it’s a bit snappier.
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It’s not censorship per se. It’s just a case of the editors deciding what their local readers would prefer to see. That’s their job.