ViewsAfrica by CartoonArts International

ViewsAfrica

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  1. omQ R

    omQ R said, 8 months ago

    …when does a cartoon cross the bounds of witty caricature to become cruel or bigoted? Knowing the intent of the cartoonist helps.

  2. dtroutma

    dtroutma said, 8 months ago

    Here in this country, we have Article Six, to wisely tell us where the line should be, and it’s backed up by the Second Amendment. Sikh, Hindu, Shinto, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Animism, Atheism (may as well be classed as “religion”), and all violence projecting, or repressive “thought processes carried to extreme”, are dangerous to human kind, whenever one side disagrees with another.


    The number of religious pacifists, is small, too, too, small.

  3. Harleyquinn

    Harleyquinn said, 8 months ago

    The pen maybe mightier then the sword. But this strip fails because it is to general.

  4. omQ R

    omQ R said, 8 months ago

    @Harleyquinn

    Too general? Au contraire! It goes to the heart of what every cartoonist does everyday! Self-censorship? Freedom of Speech to the nth degree?
    What if it incites hatred? What if it causes protests that will for sure cause deaths?
    I’d say quite a controversial cartoon. A cartoonist posing the question to his own profession (or was it a statement).

  5. indieme

    indieme said, 8 months ago

    Death to “Death to America”!

  6. Night-Gaunt49

    Night-Gaunt49 said, 8 months ago

    Just remember that that same Dutch newspaper nixed the ideas of similar cartoons against Christians. So why not the same deference for Muslims?

  7. Tue Elung-Jensen

    Tue Elung-Jensen said, 8 months ago

    Some degree of self censorship is allways needed. However the most notable difference between muslim and christian extremists is you don’t see christian extremists demand respect (as in our way or no way). Ofc that may just be due to the media.

  8. Night-Gaunt49

    Night-Gaunt49 said, 8 months ago

    Free speech does not include incitement to riot which may have happened. It is debatable since both sides want unrest for Muslims. the extremist Christians here and the rabid nationals in various countries around the world.

  9. Michyle Glen

    Michyle Glen said, 8 months ago

    In a Totalitarian society, Political or Religious, freedom of information is the one thing they cannot afford.
    Where to draw the line?
    How about drawing a line between Intolerance and Tolerance and not crossing it.

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