The latest threat to international peace

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Hmmm. Just tell me which way to shoot:

http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2003/01/13/tomo/index.html

 

Sorry but i didn't understand quite well the question can you help me;

 

Lol! That one was funny and if I dare say scarily like the present situation in the world. I would not be that surprised if that comic actually come to pass...

 

Indeed very funny, but we all know this will not happen, since the moon is made from green cheese and we would all have a massive fondue instead.

 

Ok it is funny but i sincerely hope we don't see it in real life. And i'm afraid that as far as it concerns this person it's not such a remote possibility as it should be

 

It is satire people! What worries me is the fact that some people might actually think that it could even be remotely possible.

I know that many of you think that Bush 43 has the IQ of a rabid dog, but this is ludicrous. Only the "chicken littles" of the world could actually take it seriously and that is why it is funny!

(Is that a chorus of the "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!" I hear in the background?)

 

That's okay Darkwolf ... when liberals can't think of anything better to do, they call conservatives stupid.

Slappy ... I love ya. Our politics are polar opposites, but I still love ya!

 

And vice versa.

 

When did I call a liberal stupid? In fact, I told Slappy that I love him, and honestly think that he is one of the smartest folks I know. But this is

 

I wasn't refering to you specifically Mathetais, I meant in general. It was an ammendment to your comment to Darkwolf, nothing more.

No biggy.

 

I'm grouchy today ... sorry to be so sensitive

 

No problem - we live in cranky times. Smile dammit!

Anyway, I always enjoy satire like that, even if I totally disagree with the point the artist or writer is trying to make. Satire is healthy - it helps keep the world from taking itself too seriously.

 

Hey Mat, the feeling's mutual. It's strange though as you're dead right about our differences in politics (and religion). I guess I can accept your views as you're a decent bloke, you do mean well (that is not intended to be patronising) and, most importantly, you think through the issues rather than just jumping under the band-wagon.

Anyway, I hoped the sketch would be funny to most people pro or anti the current situation. It certainly cheered me up, which takes some doing in the current climate.

 

reminds me of the Jimmy Buffett song "everlasting moon" but then i don't suppose most of you know who he is.

 

Actually, I am listening to a disk that has all the songs from Buffett's box set in MP3 right now. As I type First Look fades out...and Tampico Trauma starts!

(Yes I own the originals, you wouldn't think I would get them from the 'net would you?)

Parrot Heads forever!

Sorry I know

 

http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2002/08/26/tomo/index.html
And what about this one? After all, they do possess nuclear weapons, express anti-American sentiment, and have a history of yielding swiftly to military superiority.

 

Marvellous

 

Before I even saw the punchline I knew what it was to the most recent one. (Is "punchline" the right term for satire?) Lots of Americans dislike France right now, just because of their views on the war. The whole thing seems rather silly to me, America was gonna attack regardless of what anybody else said.

 

That's not the only reason. There's more to it than just France's war stance, though that was definately the tipping point.

Many Americans feel betrayed by France. They see a history of the US not hesitating to bail the French out of various conflicts, some they got themselves into. Meanwhile their government not only opposes our efforts, but threatens to derail them altogether, when they could have just as easily abstained. They see this as France going out of its way to see that we fail and/or lose face. There's also France's stake in Iraq's oil that seems to go unmentioned by France in it's arguements against the war. It makes them look like hypocrits, in a way. Add to that the resentment of our general impression that French citizens think we're all unsophisticated idiots, and a popular American notion that the French people are snotty, cheap, arrogant baguette-eating frogs.

It's all these factors (plus a few I'm sure I've missed) that all adds up to the anti-French sentiment. We're not doing any German bashing, and they were also against the war. So to say we're pissed at the French just because of this one disagreement doesn't really hold up.

 

Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL)

Sorry, couldn't resist