Political cartoons time again!

[silversolitaire]

As you guys know I like political cartoons and I read them regularily. Naturally the cartoonists are running havoc right now with London. And since most of the cartoonists featured on that site are American you can already guess what kinds of cartoons you're going to see. The US is so good at pathos. Surprisingly, some were really good, too. I've made a selection of cartoons that caught my interest. Some I found very funny, despite the nature of the affair. A lot of them I found really really annoying, dripping with Americanocentric pathos and patriotism. Some were very true... Feel free to disagree with my selection.

Preview:

All of them taken from here: Darly Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index.

Amusing:

Annoying:

True:

(although I can't decide whether this isn't annoying too)

Nice:

Comments

[brandipoo.livejournal.com]

Ya know... I don't know what to think about the bombing. When I heard I was like omigod and called all my friends to see if their family members are okay. But I wonder... will the Brits have such a thirst for revenge as we (Americans) have had? I really don't think so. Will this event convince the "nonbelievers?" Now that it's happened to them, on their soil how will things change? The next few months are going to be very interesting. I know I don't post to your lj a lot, but i love reading you for things like this. What do you think is going to happen?

But I did like the last cartoon one you posted.
(I don't get this whole, "there there Britain, we understand...but we told you" kinda vibe i'm getting. Grrrrrrrr... Why can't we just mourn with them?)

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Yes this is the main reason why this annoys me. It's so belittling of this tragedy. Like "Oh what are you whining about! See?? WE had it much worse!" Very annoying.

I think England is going to keep on doing what they always did. This isn't the first time they've been the victim of terrorism, so it's not like it's a huge change in their lives. Plus, they know how to deal with it and refuse to bow to it. Most things haven't been canceled (such as the Formula 1 race this weekend) and everyday life was only halted for a moment. Security will increase again, that's for sure, they will be more careful and aware of risks again, but apart from that life will go on.

And don't worry about not commenting a lot, it's nice to hear from you when I do. ^_^