tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post7831638559225846421..comments2023-10-20T21:46:49.945+08:00Comments on Philippine Commentary: Must Be Like, New Yorker SatireDeany Bocobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-47311899748996572282008-07-16T17:37:00.000+08:002008-07-16T17:37:00.000+08:00at the end of the day, people will talk about the ...at the end of the day, people will talk about the satire, and mccain will be left wishing he will be given the same treatment soon. but no. no one pays attention to a loser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-7236799863199109172008-07-16T11:45:00.000+08:002008-07-16T11:45:00.000+08:00DJB, That filipino thinking is pretty good after ...DJB,<BR/> That filipino thinking is pretty good after all...<BR/><BR/> And in case you were wondering where the icing on the cake was...Obama is happy to oblige:<BR/><BR/>http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_new_yorker/2008/07/15/113193.html?utm_medium=RSS<BR/><BR/> It's now not just insulting to him...but to muslim-american as well...who knew this was coming?rchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171802835534034109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-70653872797005944782008-07-16T09:09:00.000+08:002008-07-16T09:09:00.000+08:00Richard,I agree. The satire here is still directed...Richard,<BR/>I agree. The satire here is still directed at the same thing being satirized in anti-Bush and anti-Condi cartooning of the last few years. The Obama campaigned called it "tasteless" though they must have secretly reveled. Although that appears to have been the same reaction of the GOP, there might've been less revelry there. It's a very subtle, but very pro-Obama cover page cartoon. If I were thinking like a Filipino, I'd say the Obama campaign probably PUT the idea in Blitt's head.Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-61201879640718957312008-07-16T09:02:00.000+08:002008-07-16T09:02:00.000+08:00First, this was a joke...a satire. And the satire...First, this was a joke...a satire. And the satire was not directted against Osama, but was a portrait of the leftist fantasy of how they think conservatives view Obama. I was designed by leftists to help Obama...a little inside joke among the faithful. It's instructive that the Obama campaign reflexively played the victim card here, when they could have actually done far better, and reached more people by simply admitting that is was a joke and that they got it. It was supposed to help them, after all. Instead, they instinctively took the 'identity politics' route and denounced it because they thought that would play better in their racially polarizing campaign....and, sadly, it probably did. But, to anybody capable of understanding even the most basic concepts of satire, it makes them look pretty much look like the ideological dullards they are.rchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171802835534034109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-12556464581830348272008-07-16T05:54:00.000+08:002008-07-16T05:54:00.000+08:00That’s right, flag-burning is enshrined in the US ...That’s right, flag-burning is enshrined in the US Constitution.<BR/><BR/>As to the satirical cover by the New Yorker on the Obama couple, I say subject is very crucial in how typically the US population reacts and judges.<BR/><BR/>Satirists usually have a field day poking fun at US politicians or government officials, so long as they are male and white; and occasionally, may be directed at females, too. Of late, George Bush has been one favorite subject who has had to suffer through in silence many of the most virulent samples of how publications can be very brutal in their alleged satire. Even, Condi Rice, a female and black, was not spared due to their deep disdain for this current administration.<BR/><BR/>But directed against a member or members of a minority, especially the African-American minority? Examples are not plentiful, and are quite distant and far between. Because usually members of this minority will rise as one to defend one of their own. Or maybe because of PC? <BR/><BR/>Even O’Reilly in his strained effort to stay in the middle has considered this cover as distasteful and inappropriate. Wrapped under his default blanket standard: Bad action cannot be excused or justified by comparing to another past bad action.Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-73773111131025805222008-07-16T01:56:00.000+08:002008-07-16T01:56:00.000+08:00leno's biblical allusion was not funny. it was sca...leno's biblical allusion was not funny. it was scary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-11217249335598643302008-07-16T00:31:00.000+08:002008-07-16T00:31:00.000+08:00it's just catharsis, better to vent and do satire ...it's just catharsis, better to vent and do satire rather than ACT it out.<BR/><BR/>Kudos to the New Yorker...<BR/><BR/>As dame edna everage says "if you have to explain satire, you just don't get it.."<BR/><BR/>Well, maybe those who don't will retreat to their guns and bibles...The Nashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601052480474730831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-65900355798330476862008-07-15T18:23:00.000+08:002008-07-15T18:23:00.000+08:00The First Amendment of the US Constitution gives t...The First Amendment of the US Constitution gives the right for anyone to set Old Glory on fire and to spoof Barack Obama!<BR/><BR/>I wonder which is more offensive? <BR/><BR/>In contrast the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the Philippines gives no right to anyone to burn the Sun and Stars! <BR/><BR/>The Flag and Heraldry code section 34 prohibits mutiliation of the flag. The flag is an object of reverence. Mutiliation of the flag carries a jail sentence.Ben Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963290696331676531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-5454070506739869202008-07-15T16:50:00.000+08:002008-07-15T16:50:00.000+08:00I think is offensive particularly when even the Ol...I think is offensive particularly when even the Old Glory is on fire!EQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05987064762287708556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-28967294898218257242008-07-15T15:37:00.000+08:002008-07-15T15:37:00.000+08:00A satire becomes tasteless when people don't want ...A satire becomes tasteless when people don't want to get the joke. I think the Bin Laden, Muslim costume and the requisite AK 47 isn't funny but the fist bumping is!<BR/><BR/>Wait until McCain gets the New Yorker treatment!Ben Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963290696331676531noreply@blogger.com