We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual to a country where there is a reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to…

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Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log...

Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log...

Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at...

Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at...

Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the...

Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the...

I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke...

I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke...

It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and...

It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and...

I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which...

I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which...

I am anti-Bush. A lot of what he stands for is the antithesis of what...

I am anti-Bush. A lot of what he stands for is the antithesis of what...

Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.

Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.

What's much harder is taking on people in your own community.

What's much harder is taking on people in your own community.

I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their...

I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their...

I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper.

I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper.

There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward...

There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward...

Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment.

Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment.

I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.

I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.

On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a...

On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a...

There was a teacher who recognized that I was interested in cartooning and he was...

There was a teacher who recognized that I was interested in cartooning and he was...

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for...

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for...

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull...

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull...

I am a zizzer zazzer zuzz as you can plainly see.

I am a zizzer zazzer zuzz as you can plainly see.

When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event:...

When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event:...