Bad Taste: the men of violence

by Cormac · Socialist Challenge No. 152, 19 June 1980 · p. 14 of the scan · 156 words

The scan: sc-n152-jun-19-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

This text was corrected by hand against the scan: the strip at the head of page 14, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). One of Cormac's Bad Taste strips: the men of violence. Note: printed without the Bad Taste title panel or a number, at the head of the letters page (June 1980).

page 14 of the scan

Four-panel cartoon strip, printed without its title panel: a television politician howls "We must crush the men of violence!" and a viewer wonders who he means — the UVF, the Britz, the RUC, the UDA, Linfield supporters? — and how one keeps track of them all. — Cormac, "Bad Taste" (unnumbered), Socialist Challenge no. 152, 19 June 1980, page 14. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. Caption: "When you hear the strangled howl of some whining lout on your television ...." (The television:) "We must crush the men of violence!!"

2. Caption: "About whom do you think he bleats?" Thinks: "U.V.F.?" "Britz?" "R.U.C.?" "U.D.A.?" "Linfield supporters?"

3. "But how do you keep track of them all?" "I don't worry about keeping track of them .. I worry about them keeping track of me!!"

4. "After all, they have the RUC computer to help them!"

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