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Cartoons Land of Imagination     Just as Moses climbed Mount Sinai to get word the ten commands, thefollowing are the ten laws that govern my most interesting place. 1. whatsoever bodysuspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation. 2. both body in motion will tend to remain in motion until solid matter intervenessuddenly. 3. Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforationconforming to its perimeter. 4. The time required for an object to fall twentystories is great than or equal to the time it takes for whoever knocked it offthe ledge to spiral down twenty flights to attempt to capture it unbroken. 5.All principles of gravity are negated by fear. 6. As speed increases, objectscan be in several places at once. 7. Certain bodies can pass through solidwalls painted to resemble tunnel entrances others can non. 8. Any violentrearrangement of feline matter is impermanent. 9. Everything falls faster thanan anvil. 10. For every vengeance there is an equal and opposite revengeance.These laws are the laws of the Cartoon Universe.     The Cartoon Universe is not a tangible substance, rather an explorationinto imagination. It is this facet that makes this universe more appealing thanour own. One is free to create and manipulate not only the somatic actions ofa character, but the mental behavior as well. If my recollection serves mecorrect, aside from hypnosis, there is nowhere else that this is possible. Inthe cartoon world, "anything goes." There are no boundaries to which one isconfined. With a little ingenuity and imagination one can create a place orbeing that has never existed before.     Scribble, scribble, squeak, squeak, the colored pencils glideeffortlessly over the white canvas. A dab of golden yellow, a speck of sky blue.Within several minutes I have create my precedent woman. Blond hair, blue eyes,wearing a tight fitting black mini-skirt. Perfect in appearance and poise, andnothing but words of encouragement and esteem linger in her black caption. For araging hormonal man of eighteen, this scenario is a dream come true. Cartoons,however are not just a group of characters jumping off cliffs, and getting shotout of cannons. On the contrary, cartoons often have incredible meaning.     With the recent presidential elections, many cartoons have been inventedrepresenting the devil current candidates Bill Clinton and Bob Dole. Politicalsatire, although often humorous, is meant to convey a message to the reader.The cartoonist has cleverly transposed his own thoughts, into that of hischaracters. Many environmental issues have been tackled as well.