Offensive cartoons, get 'em while they're hot

[ceebeegee]

In the name of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and in memory of Theo Van Gogh:







For the rest, click here.

Oh, and so no one can accuse me of favoring my own religion:



Which, looking at it now--ugh, it really is appalling. Sorry, dry_2olives, it is offensive offends me. But I don't have to buy it, I don't have to look at it and I'm certainly not going to call for the guy's death because of it. Most importantly--my faith is not threatened by this idea.

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[dry-2olives.livejournal.com]

Around the same time there was a similiar piece called "The Proper Way to Display The Flag" by an artist who went by the name of Dred Scott. A book was placed on a table in the corner of a room with an American flag on the floor in front of it. You could not see what was in the book without stepping on the flag. Those who did could write anything they wanted in the book, but the artist wanted them to write how the felt about stepping on a flag. It caused a lot of discussion. That was the idea.