Cartoon Criticizing Myanmar Military Draws Slightly Scary Criticism

There a wire story here about a widely-discussed -- at least in that region -- editorial cartoon criticizing the military. It's worth reading if you're interested in international opinion cartooning at all, particularly the struggle that certain institutions have in accepting a certain kind of criticism coming from the press. The notion that there's a mistake here not to be repeated should send a chill up anyone's spine. If you stop and think about it, the structure of the military's umbrage isn't that far off from aggrieved parties in the US that feel a negative counter-argument somehow violates their right to an unobstructed public promotional campaign: the idea that by not agreeing to the same conclusion that the criticized agent has come to, the person or persons making the criticism has/have somehow automatically messed up in the process somewhere.
 
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