War, war is stupid
Good article here on how some comic strips are dealing with the war in Iraq, in which Garry Trudeau makes this point about the current shocking Doonesbury storyline:
“Writers can be amazingly dispassionate about steering their creations into harm’s way,” Trudeau said. “That doesn’t mean I make life-altering decisions about the characters thoughtlessly; it just means I have a stronger artistic stake than emotional.”