Shalom Auslander wants to be a murderer; advocacy comics are ruining a Jewish-created art form

Follow Tablet Magazine: August 4, 2011   Daybreak: U.N. Denounces Syrian Attacks Plus, Mubarak trial grips Middle East, Israel's asylum offer, and more in the news More from THE SCROLL Two Strikes Here's my proposed constitutional amendment: Every adult should be allowed to murder two people without punishment. Harsh, you say? The world would be a better place. BY Shalom Auslander I'm going to propose a constitutional amendment here, and I want you to stay with me for a moment before rejecting it out of hand: Henceforth, every adult citizen of the United States of America, male and female, should be permitted to murder two people in his or her lifetime without punishment or retribution from the law. More Panel Discussion As advocacy groups increasingly use comic books in efforts to reach young minds, an art form created by immigrant Jews working out identity issues has instead become a ham-fisted tool for indoctrination More BY Liel Leibovitz This email was sent to you by Tablet Magazine. To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add digest@tabletmag.com to your address book. To unsubscribe to this email, reply to this email with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Tablet Magazine | 37 West 28th Street, 8th Floor | New York, NY 10001 Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend