[shibumi]

Contrary to your teaser at the top, the author of this cartoon has an open invitation to share his carton on Facebook. He also invites sharing of his cartoon via twitter, Digg, Google Buzz, Blogger; mySpace, AIM share, Stumbleupon and MSN Live. So here it is:

[UCANSEE2]

Well, then. His tactic worked.

He got you to post it for him.

[humblegunner]

Oh my, you’re in for it now.

[brycemax]

Shibumi,

Contrary to what you believe the post above may say or imply, the links on the author’s web site you cited open LINKS back to his cartoon. They do not open the cartoon within the link itself.

The only person on Free Republic allowed to post Scott’s cartoons is Pookie who, unlike you, asked permission to do so before he started including them within his posts.

For some reason, you and a few other Free Republic posters, have taken it upon yourselves to become the arbitors of this site’s contents. Your disrespect for the wishes of this artist are truly appaling. By posting his cartioon, you have cost him visits to his web site and have hurt him on his traffic numbers.

I have no idea why you feel this is necessary, but respectfully I ask you to please refrain from doing this again in the future. If his request to not post his cartoon is too much for you to handle, then wait for them to show up in Pookie’s posts where you can read them without clicking through.

Later.