tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post1315041895698223068..comments2024-03-27T13:28:50.405-07:00Comments on Alienated in Vancouver: Robert Crumb on baiting religious fanatics, the death of American journalism, and so forthAllan MacInnishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-40975726706356860132015-01-12T08:44:45.585-08:002015-01-12T08:44:45.585-08:00The Onion has a brilliant response:
http://www.th...The Onion has a brilliant response:<br /><br />http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-one-murdered-because-of-this-image,29553/Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-40708714126924347782015-01-12T01:50:39.347-08:002015-01-12T01:50:39.347-08:00And another (thanks to Ross Birdwise for calling m...And another (thanks to Ross Birdwise for calling my attention to the one above via his Facebook posts, and Robin Bougie for this one): https://snt146.mail.live.com/default.aspx?id=64855Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-27057835671845312532015-01-12T01:14:21.079-08:002015-01-12T01:14:21.079-08:00Another one worth reading: http://www.thedailybeas...Another one worth reading: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/09/trolls-and-martyrdom-je-ne-suis-pas-charlie.htmlAllan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-49119830890428282192015-01-11T09:03:30.786-08:002015-01-11T09:03:30.786-08:00You know, it's a weird thing, that there are s...You know, it's a weird thing, that there are so many comedians these days who are trying to bait totalitarian dictators and extremists... First The Interview and now Charlie Hebdo. I guess I'm a bit more isolationist in my tendencies - I have no great desire to pick fights with dictatorships, terrorists, or radical extremists far removed from my life. I guess I feel some admiration for people who take these risks but I also wonder about hubris and self-importance and so forth; what did Charlie Hebdo expect, for one, and how do they think that what they did is going to make the world better, exactly? It's kind of the flipside of the "We Are The World" single, there's a real arrogance at work, though definitely also bravery... I dunno, tho'...Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.com