http://www.mkoby.com/2009/03/02/the-death-of-satire/ Commentary on Technology, Media, News & More Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:39:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.mkoby.com/2009/03/02/the-death-of-satire/comment-page-1/#comment-5733 J.P. Hamilton Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:16:46 +0000 http://www.mkoby.com/2009/03/02/the-death-of-satire/#comment-5733 Not that I am one to agree with Michael on politics :) - I should point out that the week this came out, there was a story about a woman who had to kill her crazed pet Chimp because it was attacking one of her friends - this story was all over the Internet. The cops had to shoot it because it went absolutely nuts. This is what the cartoon is satirizing. There is nothing racist about it. The race card is old and tired and the people that keep pulling it out are the ones that make their living out of creating controversy. Not that I am one to agree with Michael on politics – I should point out that the week this came out, there was a story about a woman who had to kill her crazed pet Chimp because it was attacking one of her friends – this story was all over the Internet. The cops had to shoot it because it went absolutely nuts. This is what the cartoon is satirizing. There is nothing racist about it. The race card is old and tired and the people that keep pulling it out are the ones that make their living out of creating controversy.

]]> http://www.mkoby.com/2009/03/02/the-death-of-satire/comment-page-1/#comment-5728 Michael Koby Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:01:33 +0000 http://www.mkoby.com/2009/03/02/the-death-of-satire/#comment-5728 There's nothing saying that the congress-person that the monkey represents<br>isn't black. There is something to be said about the inherit racism<br>displayed by some police officers (see "American Skin" by Bruce<br>Springsteen). I'm definitely not saying that racism isn't an issue, but<br>rather, like you said, in this particular instance it was blow out of<br>proportion. There's nothing saying that the congress-person that the monkey represents
isn't black. There is something to be said about the inherit racism
displayed by some police officers (see “American Skin” by Bruce
Springsteen). I'm definitely not saying that racism isn't an issue, but
rather, like you said, in this particular instance it was blow out of
proportion.

]]> http://www.mkoby.com/2009/03/02/the-death-of-satire/comment-page-1/#comment-5727 Norman Tran Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:28:08 +0000 http://www.mkoby.com/2009/03/02/the-death-of-satire/#comment-5727 I agree that this whole racism issue is probably an overreaction. But what do you make of the cops shooting the monkey? How does that add to the metaphor that the monkey represents Congressional bill writers? I agree that this whole racism issue is probably an overreaction. But what do you make of the cops shooting the monkey? How does that add to the metaphor that the monkey represents Congressional bill writers?

]]> http://www.mkoby.com/2009/03/02/the-death-of-satire/comment-page-1/#comment-5726 Posts about Huffington Post as of March 2, 2009 » The Daily Parr Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:37:14 +0000 http://www.mkoby.com/2009/03/02/the-death-of-satire/#comment-5726 [...] about Huffington Post as of March 2, 2009 The Death of Satire - mkoby.com 03/02/2009 There’s a small chance you’ve seen or read about the comic on the [...] [...] about Huffington Post as of March 2, 2009 The Death of Satire – mkoby.com 03/02/2009 There’s a small chance you’ve seen or read about the comic on the [...]

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