For those who didn't go to Lakehead University from Sept. '05 to May '06, a bit of background information is required.
The Lakehead Engineering Student Society periodically (by which I mean once a year, if at all) publishes a student journal called "The Rack" (since their logo is a moose-crossing sign–get your mind out of the gutter). The issue that came out after Orientation Week of September '05 contained humour that not everyone considered in good taste. The Gender Issues Center raised the following as objectionable at a Student Council meeting:
1) a photo of attractive female first-year students drinking beer, accompanied by a caption expressing the sentiment "get 'em while they're drunk" or something along those lines (admittedly I'm paraphrasing). To be fair, so does Billy Dee Williams in those old ads for Colt 45; (http://video.aol.com/video-detail/billy-dee-williams-for-colt-45/2119229225) 2) a 'jokes section' involving a story where a man is sodomized by his dentist while under anaesthetic. There's a way to present the "molester dentist" joke with at least some class; Seinfeld managed to do so. The Rack, by contrast, used the phrase "assrape" as a punchline.
Needless to say, trouble ensued. However, I did get an e-mail from the President of the LUESS saying they appreciated the way I presented the situation in this strip.
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