I'd better refain.

I'm offended. Oooh!

Cue the waaambulance...

I cried when the WTC came down

I'm still trying to figure out what about that comic is hideously offensive. I guess I'm just hardwired differently from some people.

Hey! One of those dudes in photo looks like A-got-dinner-jacket!

OK, just read the entire satire piece.

Hmmm.

Let's just say: Iowahawk has nothing to worry about.

re: #6 GhostMaker

I'm still trying to figure out what about that comic is hideously offensive...

Or remotely funny.

It's a damn shame when the World's Most Prominent Cartoon Penguin is a victim of the never-soothed Muslim sensibilites. Opus never hurt a soul.

In short, it is bullshit.

I still haven't seen the full comic. Is it at Salon? I'll go check.

Catholic Priest Raping a Rabbi While Being Pissed On By A Giant Sloth

Anti-Slothite!

re: #10 Captain Kirk

Comics are funny now? They haven't been funny since Liberty Meadows dropped out of newspaper circulation.

One is reminded of C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce, in particular his essay about how the tears of the damned cannot break the joy of those who live before God--as 'it would allow Hell to *veto* Heaven.' So here. We cannot let the eternal offendability of the terminally wrong to deter us.

Good satire always has an element of truth.

I love Rage Boy at the Oscars.

OK, found it at Salon.

re: #14 GhostMaker

re: #10 Captain Kirk

Comics are funny now? They haven't been funny since Liberty Meadows dropped out of newspaper circulation.

"Get Fuzzy" is pretty good; but if you want any kind of quality or originality, you have to search the web and find the diamonds in the rough.

God, that cartoon was totally unfunny.

And totally inoffensive.

Washington Post Muslim Staffers’ “Emotional” Reaction To Opus Cartoon.

So, whose head did they chop off?

Too bad L'l Abner is still not around, he'd rip into the islamics with a vengance.

I remember how he had Joan Baez's number, called her "Little Joanie Phony"

"not still around: Ha!

You would have to strain to find the cartoon offensive or even humorous...

/Now, what is it about the camel's nose being the in the tent?

re: #2 zombie

I'm offended. Oooh!

Was Reza offended?

Video: Steyn on the Opus non-controversy and “creeping shari’a”

Sigh. Think? Of course not. It's all about the emotion. How about a little logic from time to time, MSM?

How do we email that post to WoPo.

re: #20 zombie

God, that cartoon was totally unfunny.

And totally inoffensive.

But there was sexual innuendo! America can't handle sexual innuendo.

/Or so they said

Soon even the most ill-informed male is going to understand what troublesome assholes Muslims can be in a Western society.
Now if the women would understand that if things don't go right, not only will they not be able to golf at Augusta; they also won't be able to drive, work outside of the home and they'd have to wear the Burka. Now for some, like Hillary that would be an improvement.

But will the Muslims think the satire was funny?
/cringes in fear

Wait Muslims have infiltrated the WoPo. Who da thunk it.

re: #22 Ojoe

I'd forgotten about Li'l Abner. You're absolutely right. Al Capp would have ripped the Islamic terrorists to pieces. He would have been the nuclear cartoon option.

Speaking of comics, I found the real LFG.

It can be pretty funny at times, but most importantly, it's free.

re: #33 INC

We were stronger.

Not that we can't buff up afgain.

LGF is part of that.

re: #34 Slumbering Behemoth

Speaking of comics, I found the real LFG.

It can be pretty funny at times, but most importantly, it's free.

That's pretty good stuff.

re: #33 INC

I think The Tick would know what to do.

Was that a satire? With the way RoP behaves these days, it's hard to tell sometimes.

/hilarious

I see there's a lot of freakin' dhimmi cowards at WaPo. They celebrate cruficixes dunked in urine and portraits of the Mother Mary done in elephant dung as art but Allah forbid if ANY frank art which actually hits the nail on the head regarding the historical shortcomings of Islam. WaPo editors give me more even more reason to despise the lamestream media in general.

re: #36 JamesTKirk

Thanks for the link, that was too much, and that guy really is a...well, Richard is a fitting name. Funny stuff.

I found that LFG comic while looking through the links of this one: Gone with the Blastwave. I'm a sucker for post-nuke anything.

Back on topic: I didn't find that Opus comic particularly offensive or funny. I agree with GhostMaker's sentiment, since when have newspaper comics been funny? Not that I would know, I've never had a newspaper subscription, I don't even own any birds.

re: #7 MarkX

Yup. Left, lower row. That's AssHatMyBad alright.

Hate speech will not be tolerated, unless of course it is Muslim hate speech which is protected.
This guy in a Western country says that he will dance in Trafalgar Square if Iran Nukes Israel. Thus a lot of innocent people would die.
Imagine if Someone advocated that the black monolith that they circle during the Hajj should be nuked.
They believe that it is a sacred meteorite from the Garden of Eden given to Moses and ultimately to Mohammad. They believe that it cannot be destroyed.
Do you believe that anyone advocating nuking the thing would have their speech protected?

Boo Hoo.

re: #43 opnion

Meant to post this on the next article

re: #11 mondoreb
Opus is a puffin.

Funny and strange times we live in where it is personally safer to criticize the living Commander in Chief of the world's only and most powerful superpower than a dead 7^th century pedophilic megalomaniac.

From the Opus comic itself:

See? We're always being attacked! Ever since the 11th century! APOLOGIZE!

Breathed is at his best when he just sets characters up to say what others are already saying...and showing how ridiculous it is.

"...the Berkeley Breathed “Opus” cartoon... was exposed to Muslim staffers at The Washington Post ... to help inform the decision as to whether or not to run the cartoon. The “emotional” reaction of the staffers apparently helped sway an already “alarmed” contingent in the higher echelons of The Washington Post..."

That's an interesting take on journalistic responsibility. Let’s always give employees a veto over what we cover.

By the way, did they review coverage of the elephant dung Madonna, exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, with any Catholic staffers? Or “urine in a bottle” art works? No, I didn’t think so.

re: #46 grumpy old codger

Opus is a rare big nosed penguin. I read "Bloom County" from way back.

I wonder if any apostate muslims there cried thinking about the specter of shari'a and the caliphate coming here? Somehow, I doubt it.

I needed that laugh. Thank you!

I can't believe so many newspapers didn't run that comic strip. This is what we get from the self-esteem movement, in which painful truths must not be spoken for fear of the damage they might do to delicate psyches. Gack.

re: #50 JAFO

re: #46 grumpy old codger

Opus is a rare big nosed penguin. I read "Bloom County" from way back.

Me too. I remember when Opus married Lola Granola, and a newspaper headline in the strip read, "Opus marries Lola Granola, Diane Sawyer Shaves Head". Thought it was funny then.

re: #50 JAFO

re: #53 Ward Cleaver

I don't believe in big nosed penguins. I think that maybe Opus is ashamed of his puffin nature and is trying to cover it up. Maybe there's a quota against puffins? auks?

That photo of the group of (presumably) Muslims has the logo of the Liberal Democrats party behind them. For those of you who aren't aware, they're the third party in British politics whose policies are unimportant since they'll never get voted for in any meaningful number. They, as the photo suggests, attract a lot of these sorts of people. It's the universal Islam-far Left paradoxical alliance again. Nothing new, but still highly confusing.

re: #46 grumpy old codger

re: #11 mondoreb
Opus is a puffin.

He's definitely puffy anyway. Gotta cut back on the fish sticks.

re: #5 FriarsTale

I cried when the WTC came down

Me too... 6000 souls departed from the Earth while muslim were dancing on streets! Their behaviors were so disgusting, even worse than just a cartoon!

Academia,Hollywood,Most Democrats and the MSM in this country are cowards. If its left up to them to defend this country our ancestors will all be praying toward mecca.

re: #9 zombie

Yeah, but when TNOYF was known as Potfrey, zomb, one of the best pieces of satirical writing was the emergency call to the IDF from the UNFIL soldiers in southern Lebanon, asking them to redirect their bombing, and Dayamn, it is no longer in the blogosphere archives, so I can't have you read it, but the punchline is that the IDF redirected their bombing and finally destroyed the UNFIL bunkers...if only.

deliciously snarky!

WaPo got a really cynical post from me on this subject. Though I had to attach it to a equally nasty comment about their using Jamie Goreilik (?) as an expert on the justice department. Then darn if I didn't see her yet again on PBS news.

I am sure every one is truly touched by all the emotion the Post put's into all it's editing, and it's stories of the wonders of Islam. I remember when I lived up there and the Post was our "home town" newspaper. Then it was great to be able to call up all the department's and let them know what I thought of them. Of course now I have digital phone so gee I can do it again almost for free!

Memo
To: Muslim members of the WAPO staff
Subject: Berkley Breathed Cartoon Strip
From: Rational Readers

WTC occurs, killing roughly 3,000 people. Muslims dance in the streets, pass out candy, in other words celebrate. A cartoonist draws a cartoon portraying a burqa'd up female in a mocking manner and you get all teary-eyed on us. Clue-the cartoon isn't real. The characters in the cartoon aren't real. Those nearly 3,000 people and the families they left behind, those are real. Your priorities are so skewed as to border on certifiable mental disorders. One more outburst like that and Nurse Ratchet will be rehired so as to dispense your daily medications.

Take two OTC pain killers and call us in the morning.

re: #43 opnion

Hate speech will not be tolerated, unless of course it is Muslim hate speech which is protected.
This guy in a Western country says that he will dance in Trafalgar Square if Iran Nukes Israel. Thus a lot of innocent people would die.
Imagine if Someone advocated that the black monolith that they circle during the Hajj should be nuked.
They believe that it is a sacred meteorite from the Garden of Eden given to Moses and ultimately to Mohammad. They believe that it cannot be destroyed.
Do you believe that anyone advocating nuking the thing would have their speech protected?

Hmmm, Charles takes a dim view of anyone advocating turning that area of the evil house of saud into a very large glassy basin.

re: #8 song_and_dance_man

“Thank you, gracious Muslim staffers of The Washington Post, for joining me tonight. Before I start, let me share some good news: the Executive Board of The Washington Post has agreed to consider your demand that the entire building be rotated to face Mecca. It will require some effort, but I’m confident we can push it through.

Now that is good satiric writing.

I found that extremely amusing also.

Btw, a while back Charles had an ad for TNOYF so I clicked it. I fount it to be pretty funny.

re: #58 snakehide

Academia,Hollywood,Most Democrats and the MSM in this country are cowards. If its left up to them to defend this country our ancestors will all be praying toward mecca.

AMEN
(THIS, IMHO, is/has been/ever will be the center of the problem here)

Prickly City still makes me laugh.

re: #19 JamesTKirk

re: #14 GhostMaker

re: #10 Captain Kirk

Comics are funny now? They haven't been funny since Liberty Meadows dropped out of newspaper circulation.

"Get Fuzzy" is pretty good; but if you want any kind of quality or originality, you have to search the web and find the diamonds in the rough.

I just love "Get Fuzzy." I have all the collected cartoon books.
The funny thing is, that when it first came out, for about the first 6 months or maybe a year, I absolutely hated it.
Now it's my favorite comic, the one thing I really look forward to when reading the newspaper.
Or maybe I should say,"Look sporkward to." (Bad pun.)
While chewing on a monkey sandwich.
If you're a fan of the strip, you'll get it.

Sources told FOXNews.com that the strips were shown to Muslim staffers at The Washington Post to gauge their reaction, and they responded "emotionally" to the depiction of a woman dressed in traditional Muslim garb and espousing conservative Islamic views.

There was also considerable alarm over the strip at the highest echelons of The Washington Post Co., according to the sources.

Lago said she flagged some of the syndicate's newspaper clients for two reasons: because of the possibility that the jokes about Islam would be misconstrued and because of the sexual innuendo in the punchline.

I am having a hard time deciding if this is just an illustration of MSM cowardice, or an illustration of the Islamic infiltration the establishment media.

And since the two are not mutually exclusive, . . .