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seoulmon
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:24 am Post subject: EXACTLY HOW I FEEL ABOUT AMERICA...... |
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WOW! This cartoon sums up EXACTLY how I feel about America. It's freakin' so dead on it's FUNNY!
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds like you really have your finger on the pulse of the American people... |
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buddy bradley
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:35 am Post subject: |
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Well, when you have to equate your feelings with retarded, unoriginal cartoons, that can only mean one thing:
You're smart. |
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sportsguy35
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:45 am Post subject: |
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It would be nice to see a cartoon of your normal day, I am sure it would go something like this....
Good morning ___________ (insert where you are from) It's a beautiful day and Bush is still president. You still hate everything he does, because he is American and stands for his beliefs. __________(insert new problem here). Man, when are they going to get things right. Ahhhh, I wish my country was interesting, then maybe I wouldn't have to always look in the news of America to find more reasons to hate. Why is my life soooo boring? |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| This cartoon sums up EXACTLY how I feel about America. |
I'm not sure that the cartoon is really criticizing America per se. Apart from the main character, everyone else in the cartoon seems to be against the war, or at least have strong doubts about it. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:53 am Post subject: |
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| This cartoon sums up EXACTLY how I feel about America. |
I'm not sure that the cartoon is really criticizing America per se. Apart from the main character, everyone else in the cartoon seems to be against the war, or at least have strong doubts about it. |
The point seems to be that Americans are oblivious to reality. That an American can wake up, agree with a simplistic statement on the radio, and fail to acknowledge so much contrary evidence thrust into his face all day long...
While this may certainly describe some Americans that I know (and there are a lot of simplistic, flag-waving Americans in America), it does not account for "America," which is much more complex than this simplistic cartoon. That is, we're not a collection of mindless robotic people, even if the current president is an ideologue... |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:58 am Post subject: |
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What saddens me most is that this insipidly lame cartoon alludes to a movie that I thoroughly enjoy.
By the way, isn't there a thread for cartoons?
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:59 am Post subject: |
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| sportsguy35 wrote: |
It would be nice to see a cartoon of your normal day, I am sure it would go something like this....
Good morning ___________ (insert where you are from) It's a beautiful day and Bush is still president. You still hate everything he does, because he is American and stands for his beliefs. __________(insert new problem here). Man, when are they going to get things right. Ahhhh, I wish my country was interesting, then maybe I wouldn't have to always look in the news of America to find more reasons to hate. Why is my life soooo boring? |
Nice try. The op's American, from a red state in fact. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:35 am Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
| On the other hand wrote: |
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| This cartoon sums up EXACTLY how I feel about America. |
I'm not sure that the cartoon is really criticizing America per se. Apart from the main character, everyone else in the cartoon seems to be against the war, or at least have strong doubts about it. |
The point seems to be that Americans are oblivious to reality. That an American can wake up, agree with a simplistic statement on the radio, and fail to acknowledge so much contrary evidence thrust into his face all day long...
While this may certainly describe some Americans that I know (and there are a lot of simplistic, flag-waving Americans in America), it does not account for "America," which is much more complex than this simplistic cartoon. That is, we're not a collection of mindless robotic people, even if the current president is an ideologue... |
Well the only person who thinks the cartoon is refering to Americans in general is the OP. I think the cartoonist is merely criticizing the simplistic ones out there. |
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