There was tremendous public interest in the status and eventual downgrading of Pluto. This cartoon illustrates some of the problems posed for society at large:

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Bob Gorrell, August 25, 2006, from Daryl Cagle's cartoonist index http://cagle.msnbc.com/politicalcartoons/PCcartoons/gorrell.asp

Another comment on the situation:

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Robert Ariail, August 25, 2006, from Daryl Cagle's cartoonist index http://cagle.msnbc.com/politicalcartoons/PCcartoons/gorrell.asp

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from Steve Breen, San Diego Union-Tribune, http://www.cagle.com/news/Pluto/main.asp