Satire Does Not Always Involve Humor. The Most Powerful Satire Never Does.

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80. terms and bears

If that's true, then what exactly is being satirized in the cover I linked to ?

To me you can satirize an idea, or a situation, or a decision, or a work of art.

That cover, to me, looks like it is mocking the deaths of a large number of people who had just been murdered by their own army, as if they somehow thought their Korans would keep them alive (not an actual Muslim belief of course).


Re your last comment above, how could you know if the person would have actually meant you harm, if you provoked them first ? What if you caused their desire to mean you harm ?

I am not into violence. But if somebody came up to me in a public place and repeatedly insulted me, over and over again, using the most offensive terms according to my values, and mocking the recent murders of people I relate to (like making fun of 9/11 victims a few days after it happened) , at some point they are liable to get punched. To be blunt I think any honest red blooded American would say the same.

And yeah I know that a punch is not the same as a planned mass murder. But once those firm double standards get taken out of the conversation we are at least starting to talk about things in a real way.