8/1/2002: Iranian male dancer detained - Page 3

Bigsarge · 08-13-2002, 10:46 AM

I find that cartoon quiz offensive, funny - yet offensive. No god fearing, truth loving American would ever answer no to one of those questions. My God man, these questions are the essence of our countr's moral fiber. Without these qualities where in the hell would we, as a country be? Caves are not good enough for some people. Of course I reserve the right to consider whom those people may be.

Undertoad · 08-13-2002, 10:56 AM

It's funny if you believe in specific stereotypes though!

And not funny if you don't, which I think is Tom Tomorrow's achilles heel. (I like 75% of his comics.)

Bigsarge · 08-13-2002, 11:32 AM

Tom Tomorrow, he OWES me money. Where do I find the rest of his work. Mind you, I am not a stereotypical kind of guy. In the famous words of that poet of poets, Popeye "I ams what I ams."

Xugumad · 08-13-2002, 11:55 AM

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Originally posted by Bigsarge
No god fearing, truth loving American would ever answer no to one of those questions. My God man, these questions are the essence of our countr's moral fiber.

The truth content of that statement is - sadly - increasing with each passing day.

Quote:

Originally posted by Undertoad
It's funny if you believe in specific stereotypes

There's no reason to believe if you can hear and see people day-in, day-out spouting exactly the empty phrases that the Tom Tomorrow strips satirize. To me, the strips are worrying, rather than funny, since they are entirely too close to the universal mainstream depiction of 'truth' to be funny.

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Originally posted by Bigsarge
Tom Tomorrow, he OWES me money. Where do I find the rest of his work.

His strip archive: http://dir.salon.com/topics/tom_tomorrow/index.html
and http://www.thismodernworld.com/pages/arc/arc_fr.html
His site and blog: http://www.thismodernworld.com/
His place on Salon: http://salon.com/comics/tomo/2002/07/01/tomo/

X.

chrisinhouston · 08-14-2002, 09:36 AM

We may live in a country in which we hope Mr. Ashcroft's desires may not become reality but I found this in today's LA Times:

Camps for Citizens: Ashcroft's Hellish Vision
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...ent%2Dopinions

08-13-2002, 10:46 AM	#31
Bigsarge Defender of Good Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denver Posts: 19	I find that cartoon quiz offensive, funny - yet offensive. No god fearing, truth loving American would ever answer no to one of those questions. My God man, these questions are the essence of our countr's moral fiber. Without these qualities where in the hell would we, as a country be? Caves are not good enough for some people. Of course I reserve the right to consider whom those people may be.

08-13-2002, 10:56 AM	#32
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's funny if you believe in specific stereotypes though! And not funny if you don't, which I think is Tom Tomorrow's achilles heel. (I like 75% of his comics.)

08-13-2002, 11:32 AM	#33
Bigsarge Defender of Good Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denver Posts: 19	Tom Tomorrow, he OWES me money. Where do I find the rest of his work. Mind you, I am not a stereotypical kind of guy. In the famous words of that poet of poets, Popeye "I ams what I ams."

08-14-2002, 09:36 AM	#35
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	We may live in a country in which we hope Mr. Ashcroft's desires may not become reality but I found this in today's LA Times: Camps for Citizens: Ashcroft's Hellish Vision http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...ent%2Dopinions

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