This is a cartoon I did for Peter O'keefe based on an idea he wanted to see 'tooned. Has a nice classic feel to it.
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Hey John! Watch your back! There are those who will be offended...the psycho #$%'s.
Wanna borrow an M1? :o)
Posted by GarandFan | June 17, 2008 11:15 PM
Posted on June 17, 2008 23:15
heh.
I read that as "Commissioned Peace"
Posted by Mike Wilson | June 17, 2008 11:46 PM
Posted on June 17, 2008 23:46
HEY MIKE
Wish I had thougt of it! Neat pun.
HEY G
It is a bit confrontational, but I'll stand behind it.....BEHIND IT.
Posted by john Cox | June 18, 2008 12:57 AM
Posted on June 18, 2008 00:57
i'm not getting this. doesn't "good cop/bad cop" imply teamwork toward a common goal (manipulation/gamesmanship of the perp)?
I'm surprised (and disappointed) that the "all religion is evil" meme is getting this support. i hope i'm just dense, and there is a logical explanation.
Posted by angela | June 18, 2008 9:50 AM
Posted on June 18, 2008 09:50
Hey angela
I think you're missing this one by expecting it to be metaphysically accurate.
I briefly toyed with the idea of opining ad nauseum about why this 'toon is technically wrong, but I digressed in the interest of not spoiling the "party" for everybody else.
Your point doesn't sound dense to me--but maybe you've thought more about [the subject] than a lot of people, which is leading you to be obtuse.
Take on more of a "Jaywalking"/secularist mindset...& clardrdrdity ees curdrdrdtun to follow.
Posted by Terwiliger | June 18, 2008 11:27 PM
Posted on June 18, 2008 23:27
HEY GUYS
This wasn't a manifesto. More like a snapshot of why religion seems to be divisive by nature.
I'm sure there are many sects out there who consider Catholicism "bad".
Posted by john Cox | June 18, 2008 11:57 PM
Posted on June 18, 2008 23:57
HEY JOHN
Well said.
If I read ANGELA right, I get the impression that she is defending [some] religion, & perceives that you are lampooning Catholicism alongside Mohammedanism.
In the spirit of this site "being a mixer--not a think tank"--I'm abstaining altogether--although I made a lame attempt at trying to explain it without getting into it.
God bless us every one.
Posted by Terwiliger | June 19, 2008 4:15 AM
Posted on June 19, 2008 04:15
at Mike: heh, I read the title just the same... makes for an interesting twist :)
As any good satirical cartoon, it's main aim is to provoke thought. If you try to read cartoons as statements of truth, you'd have to throw out (or throw up on) 3/4 of the world cartoon production.
It's funny, it's interesting, it's giving reality a non-real twist (a 'what if'), not reflecting it. Made me smile. Thanks.
(Admittedly, it gets a bit problematic when people take the cartoon seriously and end up seeing it as a proof that religion is evil...)
Posted by Kukn | June 19, 2008 4:41 AM
Posted on June 19, 2008 04:41
Islamism and Catholicism are both divisive. i get it. thank God for the atheists.
i'm sure what i really need is more sects - that would lighten me up.
you rock, John. thanks.
Posted by angela | June 19, 2008 4:06 PM
Posted on June 19, 2008 16:06
Maybe the next one would be, oh, your "Uncle Sam" vs. say, oh, the leader of Iran?
Too much?
Oh brothers near
and sisters far
That we through
distance see
With clarity
of vision now
that we can look
back on thee?
Perhaps the time has
come to rest our
unreasoning hostility?
If not, I'll get
My gun.
Posted by Jonathan Logan | June 19, 2008 6:29 PM
Posted on June 19, 2008 18:29
KORAN spelled backwards is NAROK
Not
A
Religiion
Of
Kindness
Now it all makes sense.
Posted by Tom Wms. | June 23, 2008 5:29 PM
Posted on June 23, 2008 17:29
“A religion which requires persecution to sustain it is of the devil’s propagation.” – Hosea Ballou
Posted by Terwiliger | June 25, 2008 6:03 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 06:03