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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 9, 2015 14:18:08 GMT -5
I'm assuming the vast majority of bananas are not, in fact, ninjas because for the most part they seem to have zero defensive skills. And yet bananas stealthily make their way into the digestive systems of millions of people every day! Ninja skillz! -M Ninja skilz! Which they exercise by allowing themselves to be chewed to a state of even mushier god-awfulness. Sacrificing themselves for... some reason. Clever.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 9, 2015 12:26:22 GMT -5
I mean, it wasn't mean spirited, and it was probably just a reflex. Which made me think about it and realize how politically engineered it was. I have no beef with that friend - even though I was at one point thinking about leaving the place where we he antagonized me since his then rhetorics made little sense to me - but this made me think deeper and more globaly about censorship and self-censorship. I grew up in France, and when hte Charlie terrorist attack happened last january, I was already living in Sweden. As on 9/11, I spent the next few days lurking the internet for more info and emotional kinship. I felt very very sad : one of hte cartonist who was murdered, Cabu, he was one of the host of the child TV program me and most of those of my generation grew up with. He probably was for many the sparkle of political consciousness for my generation. So as I saw the consecutive solidarity quickly turn to "it's not right they were killed, but they should have known better", the feeling that grew within myself hearing that made me feel at my most french ever. In a global society where people come in all shapes and forms of mental/moral/cultural structures, it is crucial that nothing is sacred, otherwise, rampant antagonisms grow and turn in the long run into hte worst that we as a species are capable of. Defience through laughter/satire is the most effective weapon against biggotery and rampant conservatism ever, and comics have a great role in this fight. I want to be a better person all the time ad accept as much from the others as I will give them. It just sadly seems that these days, whenever one attempts at a joke, the media will seek through heaven and hell the shock value in it, becoming the least honest devil's advocates, and we all fall for it way too often. I'm sure If we were to look we'd easily find really shocking press about the western civilisation in Russia, but then again, that's what we'd expect, as much as anti-gay marriage objectyfing in southern states local papers. That's just the state of our current world, and we know that progress cannot be forced too much, there's no need to antagonize those people, they'll just come around for the most when modernity reaches them. Until then, comics and cartoons are a good and unharmfull way of reminding chaos forces that free thinking and scientific doubt still are cardinal values that won't let conservative agendas slide furthur down into our "modern" lives. First step I took was to get rid of the TV 6-7 years ago, best decision ever! Those new Charlie cartoons don't tell me how to think, they just tell me "Think!", something TV doesn't seem to be able to do anymore. I would disagree slightly with the "nothing is sacred" statement. I would say that while the comedian, cartoonist, editorialist, etc, doesn't have an obligation consider a person/object/organization/etc sacred, they should bear in mind that some people will. I've seen people say and do things that stomp all over someone else's "sacred cow" and then act shocked when they get a negative reaction. One of the cornerstones of the freedoms we enjoy in the US is, or course, freedom of speech which means we need to allow the same freedoms to people and viewpoints we disagree with. For example when the KKK organizes a rally, they have a right to do so, but shouldn't be shocked when there is a counter protest as well.
This should in no way be taken to justify any group expressing their disapproval through violence, or to suggest that the victims are to blame or should have known they would be attacked over a cartoon, editorial, joke, etc. Nothing said, drawn, sung, etc, can ever be enough to justify violence. But some people are nuttier than squirrel poop.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 9, 2015 10:41:03 GMT -5
Other questions: can gorillas legally sign leases? If so, where does he carry his keys? Only purple ones. And gorillas don't need keys. They're like Chuck Norris. Nobody would steal from a gorilla. The guys on this cover didn't realize that they shouldn't steal from a gorilla, and apparently the gorilla didn't either, since he has a safe. Last week CBR's The Line is Drawn article featured covers based on famous covers and what happened one moment later. If they did it with this one, a moment later would just show limbs and other body parts flying around as the gorilla expressed his displeasure at being robbed.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 9, 2015 9:59:55 GMT -5
...but blaming the acts of a few on a whole group? I don't think there is a rational argument to be made for that stance. True, although it rarely stops anyone from doing so.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 9, 2015 8:59:22 GMT -5
Somehow "Real Police Cases" and "I knew we were robbing a gorilla's apartment..." seem contradictory. Gloriously goofy, though. And I'm surprised the safe held money, not bananas. And what kind of gorilla's apartment did he think they were robbing? Other questions: can gorillas legally sign leases? If so, where does he carry his keys?
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 9, 2015 8:56:33 GMT -5
How about Banana ninjas? -M I'm assuming the vast majority of bananas are not, in fact, ninjas because for the most part they seem to have zero defensive skills.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 9, 2015 8:49:45 GMT -5
Here proof that a SuperVillain hates Banana! So what you are saying then is the ABL is a super-villain team? Yeah, I can see that. -M No, he's saying that even simian super-villains can be right about some things.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 6, 2015 17:24:58 GMT -5
I'm sure you've noticed that the only one you show actually trying to eat a banana doesn't look at all happy about it. Is Wolverine capable of looking happy? Certainly not while eating one of those nasty things.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 6, 2015 16:51:34 GMT -5
I'm sure you've noticed that the only one you show actually trying to eat a banana doesn't look at all happy about it.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 6, 2015 16:49:07 GMT -5
I feel a great disturbance in the Force.... -M That's your digestive system, poisoned by bananas.
Have a coffee instead.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 6, 2015 15:25:49 GMT -5
Somehow "Real Police Cases" and "I knew we were robbing a gorilla's apartment..." seem contradictory. Gloriously goofy, though. And I'm surprised the safe held money, not bananas.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 6, 2015 8:46:58 GMT -5
What is the "Coffee and Bananas thread"? It was a thread devoted to discussions about coffee and my virulent hatred of banana (and the amusement that others got from it). So, yeah, pretty much just what it sounded like. And wonderfully pointless.
classiccomics.boards.net/thread/652/coffee-bananas-thread
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 5, 2015 15:45:18 GMT -5
That was the (infamous) Coffee and Bananas thread that ran on for dozens of pages. A wonderful example of spirited discussions that was blessed with, ultimately, having no real point. But those are the best discussions. It is kind of the path that one thread about the worst drawn art took. Agreed, the pointless ones are the best kind. But the "worst drawn" thread has taken some rude turns which even the misguided banana lovers never took in the late, lamented "Coffee & Bananas" thread.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 5, 2015 12:16:24 GMT -5
... with sugar, otherwise it's undrinkable. (Didn't we have a coffee thread?) I *think* we do. I do not know for sure, though. I am not picky when drinking coffee because I only drink it in the morning, and that is solely to wake up. I'm not one of those fancy coffee drinkers who has to have coffee every 5 minutes (not that there is anything wrong with that, there isn't). I have never been to a Starbucks (or any other coffee shop), and I would have no idea how to order something that wasn't just a regular coffee. Too many choices confuses me and gives me too much to think about. Just caffeine. I need my brain to wake up. That was the (infamous) Coffee and Bananas thread that ran on for dozens of pages. A wonderful example of spirited discussions that was blessed with, ultimately, having no real point.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 5, 2015 12:12:43 GMT -5
My viewpoint is would be that Marvel was like a kingdom or a family business. Stan/Jack/Steve being the king/father and Roy being the prince/successor. Stan & Jack & Steve built up the kingdom/business to hand down to the prince/successor who would be expected to expand and improve on what he was left. Which he did a pretty good job of. Add that to the role of comic historian he's taken on since, and I think he deserves all the credit he can get.
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