Thursday, February 16, 2006
CARTOON VIOLENCE IS A BAD INFLUENCE: Because I only comment about things I have no way of changing, I was thinking the other day about all of this violence and destruction surrounding the cartoon of Mohammed (pbuh, just to cover my butt here). The international violence and destruction over a smear on newsprint is sad and a little bewildering to my Protestant-raised self, and my mind went a'rovin' about what kind of reaction we'd get if these riots were over regular comic strips.
It would start slowly, when a small group realizes that there are two completely different Dennis The Menace cartoons, one British born, one from the US; that's got to be worth at least a burning tire. That would spark riots in the streets of Kabul, burning Snuffy Smith in effigy to demand the return of the one, true Barney Google. Armed with torches and rocks, another roving mob would destroy a branch office of United Features Syndicate in protest of Cathy's freakish jaw and the persistent beads of sweat hovering over her head. Maybe we'd get a third group of protestors in Fallujah, firing Russian-made rifles in the air demanding the reinstatement of The Boondocks in a local paper. "NO HUEY, NO PEACE!" And of course, the end result would be a bootleg truck decal of Calvin, grinning evilly over one shoulder, pissing on the turtle from Over The Hedge.
It'd be enough to make Jon Stewart take the week off.
It would start slowly, when a small group realizes that there are two completely different Dennis The Menace cartoons, one British born, one from the US; that's got to be worth at least a burning tire. That would spark riots in the streets of Kabul, burning Snuffy Smith in effigy to demand the return of the one, true Barney Google. Armed with torches and rocks, another roving mob would destroy a branch office of United Features Syndicate in protest of Cathy's freakish jaw and the persistent beads of sweat hovering over her head. Maybe we'd get a third group of protestors in Fallujah, firing Russian-made rifles in the air demanding the reinstatement of The Boondocks in a local paper. "NO HUEY, NO PEACE!" And of course, the end result would be a bootleg truck decal of Calvin, grinning evilly over one shoulder, pissing on the turtle from Over The Hedge.
It'd be enough to make Jon Stewart take the week off.
|| Eric 9:11 AM#
