{"id":1995,"date":"2020-12-08T17:18:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T22:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fborfw.com\/news\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2025-03-10T12:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T16:40:31","slug":"social-distancing-in-the-strip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fborfw.com\/news\/social-distancing-in-the-strip\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Distancing in the Strip?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\"jsc_c_1x\" class=\"ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg\">\n<div class=\"qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d\">\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fborfw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WC06JohnGlove.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1996 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fborfw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WC06JohnGlove.jpg\" alt=\"John Patterson in mask and gloves\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had a few people ask us why the FBorFW characters aren&#8217;t wearing masks and social-distancing in the strip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">As you may be aware, the current strips you&#8217;re seeing were originally written and published in the early 90s\u2014For Better or For Worse is being re-run, and we have chosen to run the strips as they were. With that being said, we have made some changes, such as making sure everyone in a car has a seat belt on.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The issue of masks and social distancing is a tough one for us. If we were to make the changes you are suggesting, which are good suggestions, we would have to rewrite the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">entire strip, which we are not in a position to do at this time.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">You are not alone in your thoughts, but we also hear the opposite opinion where people are happy to see normalcy in the strip as we are bombarded with Covid news everywhere we turn these days. We certainly take your comments into consideration, but at this time, I am doubtful that we will ever reference the pandemic, or any other significant current event, in the strip.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thank you for your understanding.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had a few people ask us why the FBorFW characters aren&#8217;t wearing masks and social-distancing in the strip. 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