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Dustinlan Comic - Truthful Look at Media on the Virginia Tech Shooting

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  • Cerialthriller, on 10/12/2007, -11/+30haha, i love the "He once went to a mosque" hilarious!
    • smackywentz, on 10/12/2007, -11/+14He used the internet!?
    • hohead, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21Mirror: http://dustinland.com.nyud.net:8080/archives/archives285.html
    • istatic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Mirror of Image:

      http://anonymailer.info/dustinland.gif
    • gharding, on 10/12/2007, -13/+5Jews!
    • treyd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+74Well, it WAS cloudy all week...
    • foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -10/+830 seconds? took me a minute to LOAD!
    • turpenine, on 10/12/2007, -12/+3anyone want to make a new network with me? where we report real stuff.
    • tseif0, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1@foolfromhell
      And how long did it take you to READ it then? Be honest.
    • kniwshmdcknit, on 10/12/2007, -15/+1This cartoon isn't advancing any new ideas. It's very easy to complain. There are legitimate problems in this country, and it's okay for intelligent people to talk them out in full view. We just need to attack those who want attention for attention's sake. Dr.Phil should stop co-opting peoples pain for his own financial gain.
    • quomen, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4T3h tranz f4tz were cl0ggin' hiz brainz
    • rockforever, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13I'm in ur medias, screwin up your brains
    • VenDrake, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1All your medias are belonging to us!
    • skarbreeze, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1in soviet russia, teh pwn blames you!
    • 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..."
  • 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.
    • Dudemanpp, on 10/12/2007, -39/+7I agree, we should wait to make any type of joke about this. Even after all this time Katrina jokes are not funny yet.
    • 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
    • kpsk, on 10/12/2007, -6/+78The cartoon isn't a joke, it is in fact the very opposite.
    • Kratisto, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21This is the internet... Nothing is sacred.
    • PotatoSalad, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4It'll take 22.3 years for jokes about this to be considered funny.
    • mariequeenbee3, on 10/12/2007, -13/+1Agree! This is a bit over the top and is in poor taste!
    • Nick22, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29Im tired of waiting 22.3 years to make a joke about something serious.
    • 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.
    • Caruthers, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Political humor or not doesn't make it in good taste. This hits home for many people including myself.
    • 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.
    • Caruthers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The media speculates because they don't have all the facts. They have done this in the past and will continue to do so in the future. One of the smarter things they have begun to do is ask people to submit their stories and pictures in an effort to gain the facts and hopefully stop the speculation. I know the intention here was to place blame on the multiple avenues society has placed blame in the past and I agree with what you said. The problem I have is the time frame. When I see a building I sat in to take vector geometry having bloodied victims carried out of it, I am at a loss for words. The safety of a place I hold in such high regard is gone. I don't feel the comic author should be including it in his work just yet.
    • 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.
    • transeunte, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1@7levels

      I thought the comic was funny and that you are an *****. It is not ok to come here and tell me what is and what's not funny.
    • 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.
  • blankis, on 10/12/2007, -12/+3I went to a mosque once.

    Get out of my way.
  • invisichamesh, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3So true, unfortunately. It's too true to be a joke. All pointing fingers and lies ignore the real tragedy.

    I'm lucky I caught it here; I haven't seen your comics in Pipe Dream recently.
  • kevin45, on 10/12/2007, -39/+5Far too soon to be making jokes. Even Columbine jokes are considered taboo and that was 8 years ago.
    • stvspl, on 10/12/2007, -7/+48It's not at the expense of the victims though - it's at the expense of the media.
    • rig0rmortis, on 10/12/2007, -18/+6Agreed, the entire "joke" I was thinking about the courageous professor who gave his life for his students - it's not funny.
    • 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.
    • sundancekid503, on 10/12/2007, -19/+5If you want to make a joke at the expense of the media, there are plenty of other incidents that could have been used. A comic like this coming the day after the event is pretty tasteless.
    • rig0rmortis, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5@ganja

      But still, the joke is being made in the shadow of the tragedy, which I honestly don't believe should be referred to with a joking manner.
    • nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -15/+7nothing's taboo on the internet.

      look:
      *****!
      chink!
      weird sex!

      but about this: it's possible to make jokes and feel genuninely for these people. for some, laughter is a form of grief. others just weren't connected to the incident and feel bad but aren't gunna spend all their time crying about it and if they think of something funny, they'll share it.
    • ganjadude4391, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4@ rig

      i understand, but on the other hand how will we change things to make the media better???

      if no one says anything nothing will change (look at bush + iraq for example)

      it may not be the most apropriate way to convey the message the the media is doing a ***** job, but in the days where most of us get our info from stewart and colbert, it might be the only thing that works

      NOW personally, if something bad happens (yes even on this scale) i NEED to joke about it otherwise i break down

      so would you rather someone joke about the incident or the medias coverage of the incident....which one is the lesser of 2 evils?
    • rig0rmortis, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2@ganja

      At first, I thought about how you could relate to some common sense but then your second comment completely threw me off. You are heartless, laughing at the misfortune is awful, get a life.
    • Kratisto, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23So a priest, a rabbi, and an Irishman walk into columbine...
    • 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...... :)
    • transeunte, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2WTF

      Digg is so full of asshats lately it's not even funny.

      I miss the days when people here used to be lighthearted and smart enough to make/recognize good jokes.
  • livejamie, on 10/12/2007, -8/+16 comments and it's already dead

    http://duggmirror.com
    • Wayren, on 10/12/2007, -8/+6I don't think it's a joke about the VA shootings in particular. It appears to me more of a satirical look at the media's reaction to any sort seemingly unmotivated shooting, playing off of the all too common reaction to blame everything from music to video games rather than to blame the individual.
  • livejamie, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2http://dustinland.com.nyud.net:8080/archives/archives285.html
  • dapht, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0...and now the mirror is dead.
  • kopaka649, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1http://dustinland.com.nyud.net:8080/archives/archives285.html
  • po43292, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3....47
  • istatic, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1edit
  • 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
    • kevin45, 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.
    • TheNik, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3@kevin45

      That incident was ALL OVER any sort of news program for about a month. :/
    • kevin45, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I meant within the last two days.
  • TomSwift, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1to early i think
  • techlinks, on 10/12/2007, -11/+5Is it weird that I understand completely?

    Another thing, 32 people died, but, what about the 4000 children who died of starvation in the past hour? How come that isn't on the news?
    • 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.
    • nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2cause 1 person isn't to blame for 4000 children starving to death.
    • 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
    • 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.
  • MttPrrish, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8You forgot El Nino.
  • 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...
  • BESTenemy, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2The best thing since "9/11, Osama, Iraq" cartoon!
  • 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!
  • 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.
    • 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.
  • strictly, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2So dugg!!
  • 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.
  • 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.
    • irvin666, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I too, find this comic funny. as well i also find Julius Ceaser being stabbed multiple times funny.
    • PhiGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yes, it's funny - because everyone who sees it can relate to it because they watch TV, because the more outrageous the TV is, the more they watch - and the more they watch, the more outrageous it gets, because that's what gets ratings, because real news is boring, because ... because we're all becoming retarded? Damned CNN!
  • irvin666, on 10/12/2007, -4/+050 bucks say that Fox News will blame the gun control laws.

    ...or they already did?
  • Cyberen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2What happened to the era of just calling the kid a nut and being done with it?
    It's not like they can give the kid therapy, he's dead too.
  • AllLitUp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Here is a working mirror

    http://photoslivehere.com/viewer.php?file=niakztd5mzey21yfd2d3.jpg
  • swrostmore, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1That webcomic is terrible. It is hideously drawn and not funny at all.
  • MortiMouse, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Is there a good time to make jokes about such a horrific tragedy?

    If I'd lost someone in the Columbine, 9-11, Waco, Oklahoma City, etc., I don't believe any amount of time would make a joke less cutting! I don't understand why people make jokes about such things; it's not a laughing matter, whether the day after or 8, 10, 20 years later.

    Think about all that was lost yesterday. The lives of people who were never given the opportunity to live, the lives of some who had lived through horror and came here for a "better" life. Those that lived through it, what have they lost? Their friends, loved one, the sense of "safe," etc. Does telling jokes make it easier to deal with, does it make people feel better, does it make it less "real."

    I'm sorry, I just don't get 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.
  • zemagicmaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This article has amazing insight, and is very perceptive. I find this kind of satire the best, because it is funny while showing something very deep about the human mind. After hearing all of the blame, I want to shoot the news reporters too, for being "shock-whores" and attempting to sell a story which should be mourned for, not used as a prop to get your idea's better listened to.
  • 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 assholes 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.
  • dtfinch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I laughed when I got to "47."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:S70.jpg
  • rabbitfighter, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1It's almost as if the artist had these panels finished months ago and just decided that this current incident fit the bill.


    Buried as lame.
    • zemagicmaster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3That may be the case, but are you denying the fact that it applies?
    • rabbitfighter, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Yes, I am. Has anyone actually watched the news or read an actual article about this? Not one media source has mentioned anything mentioned in this lame-ass comic. CNN only mentioned social networking sites in passing, and only in a positive light. This comic may have had some relevance post- Columbine, but it misses the mark now.
  • 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.
  • montezumamike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I expected some kind of spam... but this was great. Dugg.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • DarkReign16, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It was everyone BUT the shooter! Thanks media, you ***** us once again!
  • riceboy34, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow, if that doesn't sum it all up, I don't know what does.
  • TubbyCat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I don't understand why someone would want to make a joke out of this.
  • ryanhgqu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Rabbitfighter's right. This comic makes absolutely no sense. Anyone who's watched the media coverage of this tragedy knows they haven't made the same post-Columbine mistake of playing the blame game. This comic was probably relevant at some point, but not now. The media makes lots of mistakes, but I'm sorry guys, this just isn't one of them. Bcasper1, if you want to attack the media, make sure you're actually attacking them for the right thing.
  • BirdCatcher, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1

    So let me begin with some terrible jokes about the incident.

    1. OMG an Asian shot the TV (according to the comic)

    2. He was a gun blazn' azn

    3. How many Asians does it take to screw in a light bulb? nobody knows, the witnesses all got capped!

    4. You can't spell manslaughter without laughter!

    5. What is the difference between VT students and puppies... eventually the puppies grow up and quit whining

    • 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.
  • linkin1, 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
  • Deano3041, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i logged in here at school just to dig that.......good stuff...."Duck Hunt"...lol
  • raeanin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1YES!
  • 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.
  • kkDonut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Guess Duck Hunt leads to mass murder.
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