 Tasteless VT-related cartoon in Friday's Daily Toreador |
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| Tasteless VT-related cartoon in Friday's Daily Toreador |
 Apr 21 2007, 08:34 PM
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 Stay classy, Daily Toreador. |
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Apr 21 2007, 09:42 PM
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yeah i didnt even see that, but thats not even funny
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Apr 21 2007, 10:05 PM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
Fucking POS DT...never had, never will have any class.
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Apr 21 2007, 10:14 PM
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 POTATO OLES Group: Members Posts: 1,602 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Newark, NJ Member No.: 17 |
but they have a cross word and sudoku!
- testm0 -------------------- death to false dudes
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Apr 21 2007, 11:15 PM
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Apr 21 2007, 11:25 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Fuck the DT.
This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Apr 21 2007, 11:25 PM -------------------- |
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Apr 21 2007, 11:49 PM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
BUT THEY"RE JUST POSTING THE NEWS
they always use the same excuse. whatever new offensive anti-american crap they put in there, it's always got some fucking lame defense behind it, which they make a huge deal about. DON'T CENSOR THEM, GUYS |
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Apr 22 2007, 04:39 AM
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 this was published a few days before. i would think the "tasteless" cartoon was designed to mock the availability of firearms to people who probably should not have them. that is just my interpretation. i guess you could ask the author. |
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Apr 22 2007, 05:24 AM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
yeah, i thought it was more about how each side of the gun control issue is spinning the whole tragedy their way...
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Apr 22 2007, 11:07 AM
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dt can publish whatever they want, quit bitching
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Apr 22 2007, 11:08 AM
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Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (Overlord @ Apr 22 2007, 12:07 PM)  dt can publish whatever they want, quit bitching We know that... and just as they can publish what they want, we can bitch about what they publish. -------------------- |
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Apr 22 2007, 11:24 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 1,551 Joined: 19-April 06 From: Lubbock Member No.: 162 |
stop bitchin' you bitches.
you sound like a bunch of lobbyists. 
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Apr 22 2007, 12:55 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
stop bitching about us bitching, gosh
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Apr 22 2007, 01:03 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 1,551 Joined: 19-April 06 From: Lubbock Member No.: 162 |
QUOTE (Overlord @ Apr 22 2007, 01:55 PM) stop bitching about us bitching, gosh dually noted. -------------------- Je suis toute du merde.
....bitches!!!!! |
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Apr 23 2007, 08:18 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
QUOTE t has come to my attention that some of my peers were offended by my cartoon on Friday, and I've been asked to write an explanation. I certainly understand where concerned parties are coming from. The wound of Virginia Tech is still raw, and sensitivity is warranted. I was as shocked, as the rest of the world was, to see such senseless violence, and I would never intend to demean the value of the lives lost, nor the lives forever damaged. That said, I stand by my cartoon. Our current president is the most ardently pro-gun president we've had in a long time, and his administration has let the few recent pieces of gun legislation wither to almost nothing. No one but the young man in Virginia pulled the trigger, but I strongly believe that our gun-crazy culture is shameful, and not free from blame. I also think it's hypocritical to mourn a tragic event without seriously thinking about why it happened, without doing everything you can to make sure it doesn't happen again. This, as painful as it may be, means critically examining our culture, and ourselves. Friday's cartoon was deliberately ridiculous, as many of them are. Obviously, the president wouldn't stop in the middle of a speech to hunt a turkey, much less a cartoon mascot. It serves to make a point, however, that our politicians consistently portray the attitude of "Do as I say, not as I do" to young Americans and to the rest of the world. This is how we solve our problems: 600,000 dead civilians in Iraq since 2003, according to the New York Times. And many are OK with "Well, you know, we made a mistake." My cartoon was aimed at the president and those who, like him, promote a culture in which gun violence is excused and glamorized - no one else. As a cartoonist, I have no delusions that what I do solves problems this big. Nor do I expect everyone to agree with my views. Certainly, a newspaper has a great responsibility to be sensitive. But by questioning those in power, especially when to do so is unpopular, is just as great a responsibility, and one I hope this paper continues to uphold. http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/s...n-2873014.shtml pretty lame 'explanation' -------------------- |
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