Is this insensitive...or is it funny?

[Ecofarm]

So the joke is now she will not have sex till marriage? Was he was getting some when she was Amish, or do they not have rules against that?

Lame

 

[Elrohir]

They shouldn't have pulled it.

And... if Jesus had been the butt of the joke would you feel the same way?

Jesus has been made fun of in a lot worse ways in this country, and the people who did so got away with it. They didn't even get tarred and feathered.

In all seriousness, though, that isn't comparable because Opus wasn't making fun of a specific religious figure - just a certain group within a religion. A more comparable example would be Opus making fun of Opus Dei ( ) or James Dobson. (Focus on the Family) Or....like the recent Jerry Falwell cartoon?

I say it's kind of funny. Insensitive? Maybe a little. But if Christians can have a thick skin, then Muslims can at least not have a terribly thin one.

 

[.Shane.]

Jesus has been made fun of in a lot worse ways in this country, and the people who did so got away with it. They didn't even get tarred and feathered.

That's the point. Its either ok in all cases or not ok in all cases.

Me, personally, its ok in all cases. I may not always like or appreciate the humor, but any belief worth having can stand up to, of all things, a comic strip.

 

[CaptainF]

I really can't stand all this censorship in the name of "diversity".

If people are too stupid to realize that it's just a friggin' comic, the future is loathsome indeed.

 

[LucyDuke]

That's the point. Its either ok in all cases or not ok in all cases.

Me, personally, its ok in all cases. I may not always like or appreciate the humor, but any belief worth having can stand up to, of all things, a comic strip.

Quoted for eloquence. Shane's precisely right.

 

[Elrohir]

That's the point. Its either ok in all cases or not ok in all cases.

Me, personally, its ok in all cases. I may not always like or appreciate the humor, but any belief worth having can stand up to, of all things, a comic strip.

It's "OK" in the sense that they are allowed to do this - but if I don't like what is in their paper, then I won't buy it. If they want to pull something because it would hurt their business, then fine - but they should realize that it isn't always necessary, and by appearing spineless in some cases, they might lose business that way as well.

 

[Communisto]

Why are people so worried about offending fascists and madmen? The comic isn't really that "racy" or funny.

. <--- look I drew muhammed

The government of Iran/Saudi Arabia/etc, Sharia law, the way women are treated in that part of the world? Now THAT'S offensive.

 

[Leonel]

[censored] <--- look I drew muhammed

Dude that is NOT funny! Do you want instigate a worldwide jihad or something?!

 

[JollyRoger]

Well, the strip did make Jerry Falwell the butt of the joke recently and apparently it wasnt even considered to be pulled since people (i.e christians I guess) dont take such things seriously....

Who does take Jerry Falwell seriously?

They shouldn't have pulled the strip. It's not like it was a gay pride parade or anything as offensive as that.

 

[Communisto]

Dude that is NOT funny! Do you want instigate a worldwide jihad or something?!

I play by my own rules and ride my bike with no helmet, and drink milk without looking at the expiration date, and when i use an exacto-knife I dont put a plastic mat under what I'm cutting thus ruining tables.

By the by, south park depicted muhamed in a full cartoon years before the Danish cartoon bullcrap, why was there no world wide jihad back then?

EDIT:

 

[Irish Caesar]

I'll go a step further and say that the paper has a duty to print this.

When something is absurd, as Radical Islam (or radical anything else) is, it should be publicly ridiculed.

Granted, the cartoon doesn't do a great job with the ridicule, but it's a small step. And it's a but more clever than some guy ranting and running around with a sword... a cartoon without "Death to America" wins subtlety points, which makes it better, I think.

 

[Che Guava]

Saw this on the weekend, I think. I dunno, its not all that funny, but not too offensive either. I think if I were muslim I might get a chuckle out of it (at the expense of western society, I suppose)

 

[MobBoss]

Who does take Jerry Falwell seriously?

A whole lot of people obviously. He was very, very influential to an awefully lot of people. Not recognizing that is just silly.

 

[joycem10]

As someone who read Bloom County back in the day (but havent read the new strip with the same characters), you need to know the characters to get the jokes. Steve, from what I remember, was a womanizing jackass who was a total male chauvenist. One of the big running jokes in the old strip was when he had a sex change back in the nineties and got in touch with his feminine side.

The joke here is that the girl is now into all of his ideas about what a woman should be, except he cant get laid anymore. The one thing he probably cares about the most.

Irony basically, just in case Alanis Morrissete is reading.

But to get the joke you need to know the characters.

 

[JollyRoger]

As someone who read Bloom County back in the day (but havent read the new strip with the same characters), you need to know the characters to get the jokes. Steve, from what I remember, was a womanizing jackass who was a total male chauvenist. One of the big running jokes in the old strip was when he had a sex change back in the nineties and got in touch with his feminine side.

The joke here is that the girl is now into all of his ideas about what a woman should be, except he cant get laid anymore. The one thing he probably cares about the most.

Irony basically, just in case Alanis Morrissete is reading.

But to get the joke you need to know the characters.

Yeah, I thought it was funny since I read Bloom County back in the day, but I can see where it would come across as kind of lame to somebody unfamilar with the characters.

 

[Stewbert 08]

In the words of South Park, "either everything's ok, or nothing is."

They shouldn't have pulled the comic. Then again, what difference would it make... nobody reads Breathed anymore. Horribly unfunny.

 

[dh_epic]

It's definitely not funny, whatever the heck it means.

 

[Shadylookin]

it's not that funny, it's not that offensive, and most importantly funny and insensitive are not mutually exclusive.