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Post by sadafk on Aug 24, 2007 18:45:58 GMT -5
By: Cox & Forkum In the cartoon shown above there are two individuals, one of whom is paranoid. The guy in the black shirt labeled “9/11 Troof” is the one who is totally put on edge. The trust level between individuals who are on the street has dropped dramatically in the United States after the 9/11 attacks. In the cartoon the guy in the black says “…Can you prove your so-called ‘burger’ was not rigged with explosives by government black-ops?” this clearly states that our nation is almost to the point of hysteria. The all too high crime rate is not helping matters. It is a good idea to not blindly put faith in something but the extent to which Americans today are taking suspicions is beyond reasonable. It is true that paranoia today is not as bad as just post 911; back then the terror alert levels (yellow, orange, red) just about drove everyone crazy. This fear was abused and used by the presidency, effectively launching a war than does not seem to have an end. Nonetheless, paranoia is still around us and it is up to individuals to discern true threat from hyperbole. I am in complete agreement with the political cartoon above. Today’s society sees fit to deem even the most ridiculous things as potential threat. For example, in Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 it is shown that a woman was not allowed to bring milk for her baby on the plane. Such hysteria is absurd. Thinking after acting makes one look foolish (ex. Guy with the black shirt in the political cartoon). One should not make assumptions, and only actions that are based on fact should be taken. The citizens of the United Sates should make more decisions in accordance to fact and not on emotions. This suspicion of others has gone too far.
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Post by melaniexd on Aug 24, 2007 23:05:11 GMT -5
You totally caught my eye with your title. Paranoia. America is becoming too paranoid, mistaking little things as "threats". After 9/11 it seems like we are on lock-down. I like how you used the example of the woman who was not allowed to bring milk on the plane for her baby. That is completely absurd and un-called for. America needs to focus on the big picture for all of this to be over with, not things that don't exist.
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Post by scottb on Jun 15, 2008 1:37:50 GMT -5
I like it. The 9/11 Truth movement is a conspiracy theory that started with the popularization of the online movie Zeitgeist (if you watch Zeitgeist one part of the movie is called "The 9/11 Truth"). The 9/11 Truth movement states that 9/11 was not carried out by terrorists from the Middle East, but by high ranking people in the United States government, and other powerful high ranking people involved in large banking corporations. In a nut shell "9/11 Truthers", as they are so called, believe that these high ranking officials are attempting to take over the world to form a "New World Order" with the purpose of establishing a world government. This political cartoon is not making fun of the general public's paranoia; it is making fun of people who believe in the 9/11 Truth movement. Evidence for this can been seen on the man's shirt, which says "9/11 Troof", and within the man's first two comments, which mention an "inside job", and "multinational corporations", as well as the "Military-Industrial Complex", which are all terms involved with the 9/11 Truth movement. The cartoonist is most obviously attempting to make "9/11 Truthers" look paranoid, and stupid. The word truth written on the man's shirt is spelled "troof", which is obviously incorrect. This is done to make the man look stupid. Furthermore, the man says "Can you prove your so-called 'burger' WASN'T rigged with explosives by government black-ops?" which the cartoonist uses to make several points. The cartoonist uses it to show the "9/11 Truther's" paranoia of governmental conspiracy, and the cartoonist also uses it to make the man look even more stupid by using a negative proof (a type of logical fallacy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_proof). At the same time the negative proof is also used to make the point that the 9/11 Truth movement relies on many different negative proofs, which implies that the 9/11 Truth movement's ideas are flawed. Of course I agree with the cartoonist. People, who believe the government is responsible for 9/11, and that the government is trying to take over the world, are crazy. Geez the longest response I have ever made and it's not even being graded. How lame. Anyways this cartoon is awesome, and very thorough. I guess knowing the background of this cartoon really helps one to understand it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_truth_movement
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