Monday, Aug. 30, 2010

Mark van Wyk: Whitman cartoon was in poor taste

I was appalled and disappointed to see such a crude, crass, sexist -- and might I add poorly drawn -- depiction of Republican Gubernatorial Meg Whitman dressed as a scantily clad "dominatrix" whipping a kneeling (and fully clothed) Democrat candidate Jerry Brown in your Aug. 20 newspaper.

Even if Ms. Whitman makes history by becoming the first female governor of the state, apparently everything goes as long as she has an "(R)" after her name.

I am not a Los Banos resident, but I stopped in town briefly to have lunch at Ryan's Place diner, and I purchased your newspaper from the newsstand. Needless to say, I am not impressed with your small-town newspaper, or your inappropriate sense of humor.

This cartoon certainly does not live up to your so-called mission to "perpetuate the qualities of tolerance, humility, sharing and respect."

Mark van Wyk

Gilroy