Bin Calypso

Stephen E Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Tue Oct 23 09:20:29 PDT 2001


Actually, it'd be cool if anti-war cartoonists could do a simliar cartoon along the lines Dennis proposes...Steve

Stephen Philion Lecturer/PhD Candidate Department of Sociology 2424 Maile Way Social Sciences Bldg. # 247 Honolulu, HI 96822

On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Dennis wrote:


> Todd Archer:
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> >Hey! I posted that about a week ago (see "The Good Humour Man Cometh")! You tryin' to horn in on my act, kid!? !{)
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> Sorry. Didn't see it.
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> >What was so "pro-war" about it? I thought it a fine anti-war message: all the pricks being shown, the whole thing depicted >as a big party by the U.S. leaders, Bush being "second-fiddle" to the more experienced Powell, all that ridiculous firepower >to hit one flea-like opponent, and the climax: smashing a quarter of the planet to kill one guy.
>
> Apart from the planet being quartered (which could mean "blow 'em off the map"), I thought that, while amusing, the piece showed bombs targeting bin Laden alone, which is clearly not the case. No dead civilians, shattered towns, Red Cross and food warehouse destruction; just antiseptic bombing fun, which ends with Ossama getting his, and the tag "You can run but you can't hide."
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> Now, if the whole thing is an incredibly dry parody of what I just wrote, then allow me to wipe the egg off my face.
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> DP
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