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[quote name="Denis O\'Bell"][quote name="Fussbett"][quote name="Denis O'Bell"][quote name="Fussbett"]It's like magic. Comic strips are no match.[/quote]Rees goes on for a fair number of words himself, if you follow your own link.[/quote]The comic I linked was only 100 words, and they are self-contained political comedies. However, you do have a point because there are also pictures, which we all know are worth 1000 words each. At 3100 words, I'm shocked I get through each one so quickly.[/quote]No, really. Go to your post. Click on the link in it. It takes you to a page of ten 3-panel strips, all posted on the same day, all about the tube. [quote][quote]Jerkcity's point, if you can call it that, is something like: I hate that bitch for reminding me of my own frailty/mortality. Or maybe just: When thinking about something makes me uncomfortable, I weakly feign indifference by making crude, unfunny jokes.[/quote]You just deconstructed the shit out of that comic. Pants hates Terry Schiavo and is afraid of death. That's not very mature at all.[/quote]Sarcasm? Seriously? If that was all I had, I'd consider not posting. Maybe you should toast another bagel. Is it deconstruction when I think that Pee-Wee didn't REALLY "mean to do that?" You’re giving me too much credit. Or too little, depending on what you think of the late Monsieur D's con<s>tribution</s> (you can't say it isn't FUN :-) ) I think the great one’s line about strutting and fretting might be the best thing I’ve ever read. In retrospect, I seem to have been doing one or the other at nearly every waking moment (and not infrequently in dreams, now that it occurs to me.) Of all the shameful episodes whose recollection brings a wince, though, it seems to me the very worst, the most memorable, and the most unforgivable, are the ones where I'm somehow managing to do BOTH at once. "Look at MEEEEEEE!" where "me" is a collage of half-truths, blown smoke, and brass-balled bluffing -- a duck-blind for my actual, grubby, awkward, occasionally quite stupid self to hide behind in the practice of pointless cruelty and the pursuit of cheap-won praise. My understanding of Jerkcity's (and Pee-Wee's) motivation comes from self-recognition. Share it? [quote] [quote] There's an immaturity comon to all these points of view, and a cowardice; a feeling that the writer is missing some vital internal fulcrum. In a word, I'd say: Unmanly. Fag.[/quote]I was SO CLOSE to simply calling the author of American Digest a fag, but then I lost my vital internal fulcrum and I went for the cheap shot[/quote]Come on. You're not even trying to address the point, here. You're just dancing around on the surface. I tell you you lack <i>virtus</i>, and you’re complaining about a little of the old Caltropic vernacular? You really are a fag. [quote]Meanwhile can you explain to me how the plodding and sappy American Digest essay about losing friends over politics is smarter than this?: <font size=32><font color="red"><b>PREACHING TO THE CLIP-ART CHOIR</font></font></b> I'll start you off: That Get Your War On comic is concise, funny and insightful.[/quote]If I can't blame it for being superficial, can you really praise it for being concise? Like you said, it's a 3-panel strip. I did laugh at it, but the comedy was unintentional. <b>Still</b> with the pipeline, huh? I actually didn't think that anybody but Ted Rall took that BS seriously. At this late date, with elections in Afghanistan, Iraq, and heartening developments across the region, can you losers think of NOTHING better? I'd also appreciate it if you laid out the case for what's so sinister about the pipeline should it ever come to be: if you do, I think you'll see it requires some pretty intense moonbattery. Also, "{issue that helps my opponent} is distracting people from {issue that helps me}" is an old politician's trick, one you should know by now. Finally, "Most people think {some BS I made up}" is an old ad-man's trick, like "the Pepsi generation." The usage here is so blatant, it’s kind of comical: do "most people" even know who Rashid Dostum is? Do you really believe that most people who DO know who he is believe that pipeline BS? Absurd. So, funny, I'll give you, but not insightful, obviously. [quote]The American Digest essay is longwinded, cumbersome, pompous, boring and a waste of time to read.[/quote]Gerard does go on, but I'm not gonna throw any stones :-) I do think there are some problems with it, actually. I think it's unduly harsh on Michael, and the stuff about tyranny is over the top. I still think it's a smart take on the ideas behind the case, and their effects in our lives. There are a lot of interesting facets to the case, having nothing to do with the Christian Right, if you can believe it. You can continue insisting that you didn't link to something stupid, approvingly, or you can let it go. [quote]If you have any time left over, I'd appreciate hearing any thoughts you have about proper humour writing as well. [/quote]I'm a mediocrity in that department, but at least I know it.[/quote]