Uh Oh

[Oneeyedvic]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7898 845.stm

A cartoon in the New York Post newspaper has triggered accusations that it is a racist depiction of President Barack Obama.

Commentators denounced the cartoon, while campaigner Rev Al Sharpton vowed to picket the newspaper's headquarters.

Cartoonist Sean Delonas drew police shooting dead a chimp, while remarking "they'll have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill".

The paper has defended the cartoon as a "parody of a current news event".

On Tuesday President Obama signed into law a massive, $787bn (�548bn) economic stimulus package.

The plan failed to achieve Republican backing and came after weeks of political wrangling.

[anotheoldgit]

Schutzengel

Are we talking about the same animal? i don't think we are.

The one I was referring to, was the Chimp in the cartoon.

The one you was referring to was one that was in the news recently for attacking a woman.

[Schutzengel]

AOG. The shot chimp in the cartoon is a representation of the shot chimp in the news story. There would have been no other reason for the newspaper to use a drawing of a shot chimp. Particularly as chimps are not shot every day or on a regular basis.

[cc1]

The Palin and pig comment was first made by Mrs Palin, something about putting lipstick on a pig.

[craft1948]

don't think so - Obama said 'you can put lipstick on a pig..but it's still a pig'

[Schutzengel]

Not only that the newspaper itself commented that the cartoon was 'a parody on a current new event'.

[anotheoldgit]

I thought it was only the Muslims that got upset over a cartoon.

Or is there a difference once again?

[carsonking]

It's because the stupid only read the headlines and then get on thier high horse. It has nothing to do with Obama, if you have posted here claining it to be racist, your part of the stupid majority ruining this world with your stupidity. It makes you want to promote euthanasia.

[anotheoldgit]

Schutzengel

Yes technically you are quite right, but I thought you would have assumed, that since everyone was trying to make a comparison regarding the US President and a cartoon, you would have picked up on this and gathered that I was not making light of a real event.

[anotheoldgit]

carsonking

It's because the stupid only read the headlines and then get on thier high horse. It has nothing to do with Obama,

THE HEADLINES

A cartoon in the New York Post newspaper has triggered accusations that it is a racist depiction of President Barack Obama.

Consider yourself amongst the 'stupid' carsonking.

It makes you want to promote infanticide.

[Gromit]

Carsonk

It has nothing to do with Obama

Obama wrote the Bill and the caption implies a monkey wrote it. A monkey is a common racist image for a blackman.

It isn't even a funny cartoon.

[sp1814]

I honestly don't think that any national newspaper would be so completely dim as to try and depict the first African American President as a monkey. That kind of thing is normally left to a certain brand of football 'fan', and perhaps daughters of former British Prime Ministers.

If the chimp had been drawn to look like Mr Obama, then perhaps the accusers would have a point.

Just a point on the monkey reference - it has always been used by racist as a term of abuse. When those fans made monkey noises at Sol Campbell, I'm pretty sure they weren't doing it from a sense of affection.