Eh, I don't know, the reader would have to have a strong enough association between that phrase and boxing that they wouldn't need it telegraphed to them, but I don't feel like your typical reader thinks about boxing enough to make that jump.
You'd still need those panels for context, too. Otherwise it's not obvious this is the start of the fight and the official just laid down the rules.
As a gay atheist, I love this Pope.
No, I wouldn't invite him to dinner anytime soon, but the man has very, very clearly been moving things in the right direction as much as he can, which is no small task, given the generations of cultural and historical gunk that weighs down this particular institution from any change. He has my respect for trying.
He's effectively the captain of a massively oversized ship, and he's bringing it around as fast as she's able to move without capsizing or breaking apart.
Did...you actually read the article?
That's not at all what the Pope said.
Not to "both sides" this, but the war on drugs did have some legitimate motivations, they were just buried underneath the other larger and ultimately more important reasons: i.e. hurting communities of color, poor people, disenfranchising the young, etc.
The solution to the issue was never "end the war on drugs", it was to scale it back and refocus it on the actual entities that create the problems. Don't make certain drugs illegal, make them regulated and taxed to control their abuse from the distribution end.
It was passed in November but didn't take effect until December 7th. This story happened in September.
You know dogs tend to move if you call them.
Also, just because we can see the dog through the window doesn't mean the dog is obstructing it entirely. The driver would be looking down at that window from above, and at an angle. Entirely likely there's more than enough space to see through the gap between dog and window.
I mean....yeah? Did you think progress was going to come from the outside? Someone's gotta make an effort to steer the ship the right way.