Monday, May 11, 2009

Toggle

The saddest thing about the character of Toggle in Doonesbury is that he lives with his mother in a trailer.

The man is a wounded veteran. He should be receiving enough of a pension or whatever it's called to afford his own place. If he needs to live with his mother for medical reasons or she needs to live with him because her house was foreclosed, he should still at the very least be able to afford a two-bedroom apartment or a small bungalow (whichever is most appropriate to their geographical area) in a decent working-class neighbourhood.

The strip doesn't emphasize this very much, but I really think for him to be living in his mother's trailer is truly a tragedy.

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