‘Effective portrayal’

Dear Editor:

RE: “In very poor taste,” Dec. 4.

I must disagree with Mr. Drexler’s opinion that the cartoon of Nov. 27 was in very poor taste.

He seems to have found it to be so because the world leaders portrayed deserve respect but did not get it. A review of world history will show any number of world leaders not worthy of any respect, notwithstanding their status as a world leader. Our remembrance on Nov. 11  brings to mind several. Status as a world leader, without more, should not garner respect.

Drexler seems to realize that as he attempts to provide some reason for respecting U.S. President Donald Trump other than simply as a world leader (i.e. his assertion that Trump stopped eight wars – an assertion correctly refuted by the editor).

Therefore, I can not agree with him as to the cartoon being disrespectful. I found it an effective portrayal of the current dynamics between those political leaders.

Allister Ogilvie,
Guelph