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RedGlitter
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That would be funny if not true... Hell, it's funny anyway. We might as laugh while we're in this hand basket. Very Cool RG.
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Sorry, but I have to disagree on this one, Red. There is nothing funny about trivialising terrorism. It's a sad fact of life. Two of my kids had a narrow escape in the London tube bombings - they take it seriously now.
"Life is too short to ski with ugly men"
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Actually, what's not funny is a government using the fear of terrorism to wrest away civil liberties. I think that's the very dry and dark point of the comic.
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AussiePam;681417 wrote: Sorry, but I have to disagree on this one, Red. There is nothing funny about trivialising terrorism. It's a sad fact of life. Two of my kids had a narrow escape in the London tube bombings - they take it seriously now.
Patrick;681420 wrote: Actually, what's not funny is a government using the fear of terrorism to wrest away civil liberties. I think that's the very dry and dark point of the comic.
Pam, you're right- there's nothing funny about terrorism at all.
I don't think it was trivializing as much as it was saying the US government is using terrorism as an umbrella excuse for many of their dangerous behaviors. That's how I took it anyway.
Oh heck- I meant what Patrick said!
I could take a lesson from him in how to post properly.
Sorry if you were offended by the comic, Pam, but I know you know me better than to think I'd laugh at terrorism.
I do laugh (and spit at) my government though.
Patrick;681420 wrote: Actually, what's not funny is a government using the fear of terrorism to wrest away civil liberties. I think that's the very dry and dark point of the comic.
Pam, you're right- there's nothing funny about terrorism at all.
I don't think it was trivializing as much as it was saying the US government is using terrorism as an umbrella excuse for many of their dangerous behaviors. That's how I took it anyway.
Oh heck- I meant what Patrick said!
I could take a lesson from him in how to post properly. Sorry if you were offended by the comic, Pam, but I know you know me better than to think I'd laugh at terrorism.
I do laugh (and spit at) my government though.Terrorism is....
No, I understand your point, and sympathise. Grin.
It's a great pity that such a serious issue has been too often hijacked - in Australia too - for party political advantage, or to advance some personal agenda.
It's a great pity that such a serious issue has been too often hijacked - in Australia too - for party political advantage, or to advance some personal agenda.
"Life is too short to ski with ugly men"