The Gazette ran this Cagle Cartoon at the top of their Jan.5th editorial page. Although they are considered cartoons, I normally consider them so bluntfully truthful that more often than not, they are attempts by their creator to make light of a serious situation or, at least afford an outlet to accurately portray a subject under the general safety of satire. Which is fine but, this cartoons creator should be questioned about the casket graphic with the word "priceless" to describe what we lost in order to accomplish the disturbing hanging and video taping of Saddam Hussein.
It is my opinion that the word "priceless" when used in a cartoon context, implies a twisted and humorous sense of satisfaction, whether innocent or not. No matter what your politics are about the war, using it under a American flag draped casket in this way was in such extremely poor taste, I don't know why any American newspaper would consider printing it. What are they thinking? But maybe it's just me.
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Thanks for the site. I find no problem with the left poking fun at the right or vice-versa. It goes with the territory. Even when it gets a little macabre. uepunch is tame compared to some of the stuff out there. As simple as it looks, this cagle cartoon is different because it is easy to see a suicidal terrorist or bin Laden for instance looking at 3,000 American caskets and smiling saying its "priceless." Instead it should have been Saddams rope titled as "priceless."
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