[Osx-nutters] Egyptian Two-Fer: Racism and Misogyny in One Cartoon

Chuck Bennett bennettc at ohio.edu
Thu Feb 22 16:24:28 CET 2007


On Feb 22, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Chris Gehlker wrote:

>
> On Feb 22, 2007, at 7:27 AM, Chuck Bennett wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking it's time for more cartoons making fun of Islam.
>
> Most jokes about Islam are inane. We simply don't know enough about  
> it to know the funny parts. It's not like Judaism, Catholicism, or  
> Evangelical Christianity where we have these shared  images to play  
> on. There aren't any jokes about Sikhism either because  nobody  
> knows enough  about it to make jokes.
> -

I agree, but It's their reaction that makes it worth it.   You don't  
have to actually be funny, since it is trivially easyl to push their  
buttons.

If someone made a Buddy Mohamed like the Buddy Jesus

<http://www.jayandsilentbob.com/budchrisdass1.html>

I'm sure they would at least be seething if not going ape shit..

It's just evil chuck thinking out loud..

=c=






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