Look at it closely, freedom of expression finally took a small breath of air it won't see in awhile. What are your takes on the cover of this New Yorker.
I for one welcome it, we can't be allowed to live in a world where we must hold back everything that's on our minds.
No, the cover is meant to be satirical towards the ridiculous accusations and claims about Obama and his family being Muslim and anit american and all that horse shit.
Not as if it's an incredibly complex joke. Just satire that didn't really work all that well. The problem is, the satire shown in the picture is actually believed by a lot of stupid people, thus rendering the satire obsolete.
I dont know why, but this sort of risky satire isn't funny when it's presented by the new yorker. It almost feels like the old guy trying to be hip but has gotten in on the joke long after it stopped being funny.
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It's not particularly funny, just because it's so horribly obvious. It could be a funny subject to satirise, definitely.
I also think when people argue the whole freedom of expression thing (which I'm certainly for), they tend to only want freedom of expression for things they believe in or agree with. I believe that it should be absolute, we should not have laws protecting people from being offended.
Also, $4.50? What a rip off.
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I think it's funny when the people who supported intentional insults directed at Bush, are offended by perceived insults to Obama. We should take a lesson from that.
i love how people try to draw parallels between other highly publicised political satire against bush or maccain when there are none. desperate people who would cry and kick and scream if it was done to their infallable heros who piss rainbows and shit pure sunshine. a running theme of idiocy. (yes this means you so dont ask)
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I personally think most of the outrage comes from the fact that the picture is on the cover. If this picture were only inside the magazine no one would have gotten up in arms about it. And I can see a certain amount of logic to that, because most people who walk past a news stand are only going to see the cover. 70% of people who think one way or the other about the picture aren't going to read a single word of the article. That's why we get people saying "it's about time someone had the guts to say what everyone is thinking about Obama!", despite not having a clue what the article is about.
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