July 21st cover of the new yorker

Lena · 08-17-2008, 05:07 PM

I don't think that it is their responsibility; they are not the ones putting it up on the net after all.

But it would be ridiculus to think that they wouldn't assume that it would make it there eventually. The internet is the largest source of information readily available to people, and just about everything gets put on it at some point or other after all. It's impossible to think that the New Yorker would not have guessed that its cover would be put up on the net. In fact, it is quite likely that they counted on it to happen. I just don't think they counted on it to cause such a large uproar.

My understanding is that political cartoons are meant to inflame, critisize, and otherwise point out the bad things about politicians and the populas in general. This particular just received more attention than the others because, as Sundae Girl put it, we are a "country that is very wary of Muslims" and this touched a sore spot for us.

Thanks for listening.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-17-2008, 08:54 PM

OK, but it's not a political cartoon, at least in the traditional sense.
It may have been conceived to stir debate, by poking fun at the mud rakers, however.

08-17-2008, 05:07 PM	#1
Lena has-a one-a short-a leg-a Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 53	I don't think that it is their responsibility; they are not the ones putting it up on the net after all. But it would be ridiculus to think that they wouldn't assume that it would make it there eventually. The internet is the largest source of information readily available to people, and just about everything gets put on it at some point or other after all. It's impossible to think that the New Yorker would not have guessed that its cover would be put up on the net. In fact, it is quite likely that they counted on it to happen. I just don't think they counted on it to cause such a large uproar. My understanding is that political cartoons are meant to inflame, critisize, and otherwise point out the bad things about politicians and the populas in general. This particular just received more attention than the others because, as Sundae Girl put it, we are a "country that is very wary of Muslims" and this touched a sore spot for us. Thanks for listening. __________________ you can't see me

08-17-2008, 08:54 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, but it's not a political cartoon, at least in the traditional sense. It may have been conceived to stir debate, by poking fun at the mud rakers, however. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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