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- ganjadude4391, on 10/12/2007, -2/+116the thing is...
its really not a joke, its what they ARE saying
blame everyone dont take responsibility for yourself, that is what we have been taught in the usa for years now and if you ***** up ban enough, you can usually sue SOMEONE and recoup - treyd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+74Well, it WAS cloudy all week...
- kpsk, on 10/12/2007, -6/+78The cartoon isn't a joke, it is in fact the very opposite.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+48It's not at the expense of the victims though - it's at the expense of the media.
- 7levels, on 10/12/2007, -33/+73This is all too true. The media is today is 99% slander.
However, It's too soon to be making this into a joke. It will happen eventually, but to turn the worst shooting in American history into a joke the day after it happened is just not funny. I understand that this comic is making fun of the media more than the event, but its not funny right now. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28Yeah, but America only remembers things that happened in America. I haven't heard this mentioned once and its only 3 years old.
- Nick22, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29Im tired of waiting 22.3 years to make a joke about something serious.
- ganjadude4391, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25stvspl is right,well kind of
its not a joke
if you think it is a joke its at the medias bad reporting of the event,
not at all a joke about the incident. - erikerikerik, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Some times ***** things happen. You cant plan to prevent everything. But you can plan on how you deal with what ever life may toss your way.
Its not the first time something bad has gone down, and it wont be the last.
example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis Official fatalities 396 - cartoonboy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25It's called political humor, you dolts. It's based on irony, sarcasm and hyperbole... and it's an centuries-old art form. He's not trying to be funny. He's trying to make a point about society and about the media. I hope the next cartoon he draws is the one where idiots can't get a simple cartoon message.
- Kratisto, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23So a priest, a rabbi, and an Irishman walk into columbine...
- Cerialthriller, on 10/12/2007, -11/+30haha, i love the "He once went to a mosque" hilarious!
- hohead, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21Mirror: http://dustinland.com.nyud.net:8080/archives/archives285.html
- Kratisto, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21This is the internet... Nothing is sacred.
- blahtastic, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21You guys are being a bit over sensitive on this. No one commented on the event, it was truly a tragedy. This is just showing how the media is insensitive and makes up whatever they think will give them the highest ratings and first story...
Then again we could have done without the last frame of the comic too... - istatic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Mirror of Image:
http://anonymailer.info/dustinland.gif - ganjadude4391, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16@ rig
you are completely misunderstanding me i am NOT laughing AT the misfortune at all
I feel terrible, (I have friends who are there and one witnessed it , ive never had a reason to throw this out there, but i live in NY i saw the attacks back in the day, I lost friends AND family I KNOW terrible)
BUT on the other hand I can honestly only do a few things
i can move on act like it didnt happen
i can get all emotioal and pissed off and still not be able to do anything and still be pissed
i can get angry at all koreans cause i gotta blame someone its the american way! /sarcasm AND posibly get myself into trouble by doing something stupid
i can try and get all conspiracy on it and try and find a way to blame fox news bush or microsoft
AND stay pissed off trying to link stuff that isnt there
if i was religious i guess i could pray but in the end... that still does nothing
or i can make a light hearted joke, especially at the media who is covering this so badly
THIS method brings light to the flaws in the media and has a POSSIBILITY of creating change, none of my other ideas will allow that, all they allow is for me to be pissy over something i have no control over or happy cause "god" will do what he has to do
@Kratisto
...... go on...... :) - ezalis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10This isn't a cartoon in the sense that it's supposed to make people laugh. It's a cartoon because it's a drawn picture that tells a story. This in no way makes fun of anything. It's merely a way to open people's eyes to the current situation; if you can't understand that there really isn't any hope for our current society.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I meant within the last two days.
- nomonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Are people really offended by this cartoon? That is crazy.
It''s a satirical response to the shameful response to this tragedy by a variety of people with an agenda, eager to use the tragedy to further their own cause, completely without regard to whether or not the situation is even applicable.
It's using his medium to call out the weasels off all types that started salivating when they heard about the shooting and ran as fast they could to the nearest camera to claim righteousness in the name of their agenda.
It's satire.
It's not a ***** knock-knock joke. - fromkyletomars, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8It's sad when after something like this happens, the next thing I think of is, "...time for the media to push their propaganda..."
- rockforever, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13I'm in ur medias, screwin up your brains
- seandfeeney, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Its a shame how all these people in the media and at the school are all trying to bank off of this!
- MiDri, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7It will always be "too soon" for such a tragedy, but see the comic for what it is a comic (ie comedy, insightful look at things) don't be so freaking anal people.
- dtfinch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I laughed when I got to "47."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:S70.jpg - Darkestblaze, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6If you think this is tasteless because it "hits home" than you're missing the point. It's not about "haha, people died, lets laugh about it," the real message is "people died, and the media (and their political backings) don't care about the people, they just see it as an opportunity to push more slanted propaganda on their viewers." It's purpose is to show the reality of the matter through comedy, as well as make people disgusted and outraged hoping that they'll finally get up and stop buying into all the ***** the media churns out (regardless of your political views, they *all* do it) and help change it.
- Velirno, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Before you people start saying "that's so wrong" and "it's too soon", look up the word 'satire'. This person made this cartoon in order to lash back at the media's abuse of this event. And besides, why the bloody hell is it bad to laugh at this when it isn't even aimed at any of the Virginia Tech students and faculty. I think this needs to be spread around as much as possible to maybe, if we're really freaking lucky, get the media to blanch at pushing their outrageous ideas on everyone. Right now I only care about how these people at this college are fairing after this disaster, nothing else. The only other thing I might be interested in is probably what caused this student to do such a thing since I am a psych major and it sounded like he had some fairly nasty things going on in his head. But even then, I don't want to go right out and put the blame on anything but his own mind until some solid research is done. One day is not enough to give ANY conclusions but, as hinted at in the comic, the media has reached many.
- erikerikerik, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7because those 4 thousand souls dont help sell advertising time/space.
But 1 cracked out of her dome, now very dead blond does. - erikerikerik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4you missed the point of my comment.
1 dead white chick > 4k non-white(ish) kids = sick sick sick - MttPrrish, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8You forgot El Nino.
- KsLazarus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3One of the disturbing consequences of the public's thirst for information is the overwhelming amount of misinformation and speculation. Everyone wants to know what happened... as do I, but the reaction should be shock and sympathy for the families and friends of those slain and not the incessant blame game we are seeing. In the frenzy to "create" news, the media is parading any so-called expert they can find with all manner of explanation for why this happened. I wish we could postpone the blame until all of the facts are in.
The one truth of the event is that over 30 lives were ended. My condolences go out to those directly impacted by this tragedy. - nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3yeah, if by "missed the point" you mean wrote mine without refreshing the page and seeing yours that was posted a whole 2 minutes earlier.
- smackywentz, on 10/12/2007, -11/+14He used the internet!?
- zemagicmaster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3That may be the case, but are you denying the fact that it applies?
- 7levels, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ transeunte
Ok.
Actually, I can say whatever I want.
I could tell you to go ***** yourself - an I am - but that doesn't mean you have to go do it. - montezumamike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I expected some kind of spam... but this was great. Dugg.
- PhiGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The media swarm is always funny - funny because it is so incredibly fake and inhumanly exploitive. What are they calling it? The worst massing killing in American history? So, by that logic, more dead people means more coverage? Then why don't these ***** start covering the biggest tragedies? In the entire world? Maybe because they'd never leave Africa - where the hotels suck and the restaurants are ... African!
The funniest thing I've seen on this story is some idiot talking about how nut jobs like the shooter in this case are motivated by the attention they imagine they'll get after they're dead...he's saying this on TV...in front of millions...in the middle of an hour-long network special. Maybe turning mass murderers who are motivated by notoriety into instant celebrities is, I dunno, a bad idea. There's reporting the news - and there's turning news into a SPECTACLE. - bronstad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2you're right that the media speculates because they don't have the facts. unfortunately, they don't care about the facts. we've seen a lot of knee-jerk analysis, with people pushing their pet theories. the media outlets that mindlessly broadcast this crap do not act as if they have a responsibility to behave objectively. they are capitalizing on this tragedy as much as fred phelps, in my opinion. their job is to get people to watch, not to inform or promote critical analysis, but to sell advertisements.
- AllLitUp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Here is a working mirror
http://photoslivehere.com/viewer.php?file=niakztd5mzey21yfd2d3.jpg - danconia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hey but you gotta admit the parenting thing is pretty serious. Child abuse is a vicious cycle that leaves kids unprepared to be an adult. The comic was pretty funny though... Fiona Apple that bitch I knew it was her fault.
- yournamehere, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the only joke that's being made is about the media and the way they constantly play the blame game on everything under the sun. this deserves to be dugg if only for the chance that someone in a position of authority realizes how stupid we all think the media is in these types of situations.
- thefreshbeats, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If you don't think CNN and other news outlets are just growing into one huge retarded media machine, then you probably work for CNN or some other news outlet.
Also, yes, this comic is genuinely funny. Funny, I said it, f-u-n-n-y. Humanity is just hilarious. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It was everyone BUT the shooter! Thanks media, you ***** us once again!
- MortiMouse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This, like most things of this nature, are open to interpretation. You see it as a way to open people's eyes to the current situation. What exactly is the current situation?
33 people are dead because a student lost it and decided to shoot up his school, professors, classmates, and himself.
I can interpret this "cartoon" in several different way, none of which may coincide with yours or the next guys interpretation. I see this cartoon as 1) the media's way of saying that people in general are going to blame this tragedy on the music, video games, movies, the controversies, etc. 2) that this person had so much coming at him that he just couldn't take anymore and he blew. I can even see it as poking fun in the sense that at a point in the cartoon it stops being about "him" and about "stuff," the weather, a word, conflicts and down to just nothing, like the voices in his head, and he didn't want to hear anymore so he shot them up.
I don't see the cartoon as being funny but others clearly do. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I love how the words gets shorter, so you keep saying it in your mind faster and then BAMMM!!
awesome 10/10 - raeanin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1YES!
- Caruthers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ birdcatcher
If you're post is for the general edification of the thread readers then, that's fine i.e. things you have heard that you felt like sharing. If you're posting is an attempt at being funny, then go ***** yourself. - kkDonut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Guess Duck Hunt leads to mass murder.
- Deano3041, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i logged in here at school just to dig that.......good stuff...."Duck Hunt"...lol
- TekJansen64, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0who the hell keeps a gun at the ready when they watch TV?
maybe that's the hidden message; when faced with problem Americans turn to their trusty gun for the solution. In Canada the guy probably would have just turned the TV off or changed the channel to watch the hockey game. -
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