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Mar 11, 2014 23:42
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Raskolnikov38 posted:Yeah, IIRC Carter (or Ford) put them up there and then Reagan tore them down. Though with the tiniest bit of fairness to Reagan, it was probably the idea of one of the cronies he put into position rather than himself. Wasn't Reagan basically a crony himself?
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Mar 11, 2014 23:44
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JaggerMcDagger posted:North Carolina's anus is bleeding! The Democrats want to stop the juice that makes NC a red state stop leaking out?
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Mar 11, 2014 23:57
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zoux posted:Yeah except the people complaining didn't understand what the cartoon was trying to say and then fell all over each other trying to be the first to snark it. I get it, but the third panel really is "some gizmo" and contradicts his point. Because modern law really does need to be very specific and technical, but making up a word salad suggests that it's actually capricious and making the situation sound more complicated than it really is. Reading the comic without reading his mind, it sounds like he's saying we don't need these dumb specific laws because "free speech" and "liberty" should cover it. Internet Webguy posted:
Branco's so weird about how he depicts everybody, whether he agrees with them or not, as ugly sour slobs who look like they haven't felt a moment of joy in their life. It's not entirely a bad thing to avoid cheap symbolism like that, but does the common denominator need to be "clearly suicidal"?
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Mar 12, 2014 00:13
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Rorus Raz posted:
Sadly if we had checked Amelia Earhart's luggage for IEDs she might still be with us today 
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The Wizard of Oz posted:I get it, but the third panel really is "some gizmo" and contradicts his point. Because modern law really does need to be very specific and technical, but making up a word salad suggests that it's actually capricious and making the situation sound more complicated than it really is. Reading the comic without reading his mind, it sounds like he's saying we don't need these dumb specific laws because "free speech" and "liberty" should cover it. If that were the message of the cartoon it would mean Bors supports legalized upskirt photos. The point of the cartoon is "it's stupid to defer to the FOUNDERS on everything because they didn't anticipate any of our modern problems." It's really, really, REALLY obvious, guys.
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Mar 12, 2014 00:18
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The Wizard of Oz posted:I get it, but the third panel really is "some gizmo" and contradicts his point. Because modern law really does need to be very specific and technical, but making up a word salad suggests that it's actually capricious and making the situation sound more complicated than it really is. Reading the comic without reading his mind, it sounds like he's saying we don't need these dumb specific laws because "free speech" and "liberty" should cover it. Listen, not everyone is devoid of love and happiness in Branco's world... 
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Mar 12, 2014 00:20
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Rorus Raz posted:
Do they really have blind people checking passports? Why are they doing it outside right before they get on the plane instead of inside the airport terminal? Not screening cargo could be explained by laziness, but why label the transport vehicle in that case? None of this is acceptable. I'm never flying Overseas Air again.
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Dunno if this was posted, but Tim Kreider posted a new comic to go with an essay he wrote for Al Jazeera: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/5/personal-essay-thewarthatnevercame.html Ed: Whoops, thought it was new. Lance Streetman fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Mar 12, 2014 |
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Mar 12, 2014 00:21
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I see Kreider is still overrated.
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Mar 12, 2014 00:29
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Lance Streetman posted:Dunno if this was posted, but Tim Kreider posted a new comic to go with an essay he wrote for Al Jazeera: That's hardly new; he did that one originally way back in 2007
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Mar 12, 2014 00:36
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Mitsuo posted:I see Kreider is still overrated. Look he drew Reagan getting the ol' posthumous stake, alright? I don't like everything he did but we just did this with Bors so let's please not do it again for at least 10 pages okay?
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Mar 12, 2014 00:44
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Mitsuo posted:I see Kreider is still overrated. Like hell he is! Welcome back, Floating Head Of Patrick Duffy and Putin Rears His Head.  
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Mar 12, 2014 00:44
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OldTennisCourt posted:Reagan tearing the solar panels off the White House is one of the most shithead moves ever. Please tell me later presidents put them back.
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Mar 12, 2014 00:52
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Meat Recital posted:Please tell me later presidents put them back. Surprisingly, W put a few back up in 2003, and Obama added quite a few more in 2011.
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Mar 12, 2014 01:00
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Meat Recital posted:Please tell me later presidents put them back. ^^^^^ Oops, I was mistaken
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Surprisingly, W put a few back up in 2003, See, you liberals need to stop demonizing GWB. quote:and Obama added quite a few more in 2011. As a clear insult to the memory of Ronald Reagan.
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Mar 12, 2014 01:01
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I'm taking a break from the thread for a bit (want lots of pages to read when I meet up with my dad later this month), but when I saw this I couldn't help myself. Presenting the greatest obituary cartoon ever-
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Mellow Seas posted:If that were the message of the cartoon it would mean Bors supports legalized upskirt photos. The point of the cartoon is "it's stupid to defer to the FOUNDERS on everything because they didn't anticipate any of our modern problems." It's really, really, REALLY obvious, guys. It's not obvious, which is why several posters expressed confusion about what it was trying to say. Bors threw together a bunch of different technologies and issues, some of which are tech-related and some of which aren't, some of which involve actual debates and some of which don't. He then doesn't quote the actual content of the bill of rights, but uses some buzzwords. It would make sense as a criticism of people abusing the founding fathers' words by just asserting "freedom" and "liberty", but all the prior content serves to obscure that point. Even the folks posting to say how they liked the comic aren't entirely in sync about what it meant. It is, in fact, A Bad Comic. If Bors had wanted to make the point you mention, he should have used a single example of technology not matching originalism, and followed through on it, or given several short examples of modern scenarios not matching direct constitutional quotations. As it stands, it's just a list of things that don't tie together, and a strawman of both the bill of rights and originalism. Imagine if this comic just involved pseudo-Jefferson describing the Edward Snowden case, or Trayvon Martin. The last panel would be unchanged, the same point would be made, and it would have a much stronger impact. Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Mar 12, 2014 |
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Mellow Seas posted:If that were the message of the cartoon it would mean Bors supports legalized upskirt photos. The point of the cartoon is "it's stupid to defer to the FOUNDERS on everything because they didn't anticipate any of our modern problems." It's really, really, REALLY obvious, guys. No it wouldn't, it would mean that he disagreed with the judge's decision because the Bill of Rights clearly (according to the plain reading of the cartoon) is incompatible with allowing upskirt photos. It wouldn't even be in the running for top twenty dumbest concepts in political cartoons for this day. It would just be completely not the intent of the author, which makes this a bad cartoon, which is not the end of the world. We mock cartoons for employing metaphors poorly all the time. I couldn't care less that it's a liberal doing it. Don't complain that people are having trouble seeing your point of view when you're making no effort at all in understanding other people's point of view. It's incredibly unpersuasive.
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Mitsuo posted:I see Kreider is still overrated.
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The rare pro-twerking political cartoon. Not an improvement.
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Did he trace Myley, or is some poor porn actress gonna sue for misuse of property?
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Oh Snafu's back to this same ol' point, is he? Man, Damon and Pythias is a deep cut even for a political cartoon from the 1800s. And I have no idea what the hell's going on. In the story, Pythias was sentenced to death but wanted to see his home one last time, so Damon took his place in prison with a time limit for Pythias' return. Pythias gets waylaid by pirates and barely makes it back before Damon is executed, and the king pardons Pythias for being a good friend. The dog is Damon, I guess? Pythias is the rat in rat heaven who's eating a big ol' plate of spaghetti, instead of saving his friend from his fate of lying on a dais while other rats look at him? And this has something to do with San Francisco. Your edit makes more sense, and it doesn't make any sense.
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WarpedNaba posted:Did he trace Myley, or is some poor porn actress gonna sue for misuse of property? Look at that pose and her face. If that isn't some chick getting railed from behind, then, uh...I guess I need to watch more porn? FeculentWizardTits fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Mar 12, 2014 |
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Mar 12, 2014 02:50
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Some Guy TT posted:I'm taking a break from the thread for a bit (want lots of pages to read when I meet up with my dad later this month), but when I saw this I couldn't help myself. Presenting the greatest obituary cartoon ever- Bush Did Bummer. The truth is there 
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Mar 12, 2014 02:59
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Son of a bitch, he did up and trace Myley! Look at her hair, she's still got those weird little twintail stubs!
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Gross. Assless white girls twerking is the least sexy thing in the world.
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Mar 12, 2014 03:23
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Sadly not the least timely reference Muir has made
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Mar 12, 2014 03:40
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Maybe it's a Francisco Scaramanga reference. 
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Mar 12, 2014 03:41
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MacKay had an uninspiring cartoon about Hockey Night in Canada, and then followed it up with this masterpiece: Canada just signed a new free trade agreement with South Korea that a lot of people in Ontario are worried will do serious harm to our auto industry due to losing all tariffs on imported Korean cars, while non-tariff barriers like fierce nationalism in purchasing preferences will prevent us from a corresponding increase in sales to Korea. On the other hand, it's great for natural resource exports which are what the current Conservative government thrives on. So yeah.
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Wait, isn't she supposed to be the mechanically inclined one? I'm calling you out, Muir!
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JaggerMcDagger posted:Listen, not everyone is devoid of love and happiness in Branco's world... This is still amazing to me. "Al Jazeera? That's one o' dem ARAB NAMES! TERRISTS!  "
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Mar 12, 2014 04:12
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I would trade any and all of Ontario for an alpaca. Alpacas own.
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JT Jag posted:Wait, isn't she supposed to be the mechanically inclined one? I'm calling you out, Muir! What about this cartoon could possibly give you the impression that she isn't?
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Rygar201 posted:What about this cartoon could possibly give you the impression that she isn't? I'm still calling out Muir for something else though
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