On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 08:04, Jared Earle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> And yes, I didn't think the cartoon was funny, either. Still, I didn't think
> it particularly racist, just unfunny.

Oh, absolutely.  If anything I could see it as an attempt to evoke a
reaction to it being racist, to which the artist could claim it wasn't
and it's the complainer who is really the racist.  It just came off as
odd to me.  Though, again, odd is how I view most political cartoons.

> "The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire,
> derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible." Salman
> Rushdie

Sounds about right to me.


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