It's thought that more people have had a good curry in Rusholme than give a fuck about art...
Thursday, 19 February 2009
What????
Fuck me if you produced stuff like this in the UK you'd be up before a judge on some kind of incitement charge before you could put your ink pen down! found via Reciprocity Failure full article on Huffington Post
So much fuss over a cartoon that only likened the president to a monkey (an age old tradition here in the US when it comes to any African American), and then mocked his assassination. I mean, two of the most offensive insults and threats imaginable all in one image- that's gotta be worth something...
Anyway, they've issued a lame apology, of sorts- as a result of all the negative press, two days of protest and a threatened boycott.
It's been a tradition here in the UK often at football matches. However here it can carry a prison sentance. I'm pretty sure that had the cartoonist made that here he would have to worry that maybe his summer this year would be spent in "Strangeways"
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So much fuss over a cartoon that only likened the president to a monkey (an age old tradition here in the US when it comes to any African American), and then mocked his assassination. I mean, two of the most offensive insults and threats imaginable all in one image- that's gotta be worth something...
Anyway, they've issued a lame apology, of sorts- as a result of all the negative press, two days of protest and a threatened boycott.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/19/new-york-posts-cartoon-ap_n_168427.html
It's been a tradition here in the UK often at football matches. However here it can carry a prison sentance. I'm pretty sure that had the cartoonist made that here he would have to worry that maybe his summer this year would be spent in "Strangeways"
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