Swimming With The Sharks

A political cartoon in my local newspaper today made me laugh—for a moment or two.

The cartoon, by Matt Davies, depicts a huge shark lurking just beneath the water’s surface and a very small boat floating above. A man standing on the deck is aiming a tiny harpoon. The shark, labeled “insurance cos.,” is saying “They want to hurt us” to a person seen huddling inside the shark for protection, depicting the  “health industry” (Hey, it’s not easy to describe a cartoon).