The cartoon in Wednesday’s edition of the tabloid New York Post, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, links two prominent US news stories – controversy over Mr Obama’s economic stimulus proposals and a recent incident in which Connecticut police had to shoot dead a pet chimp that went berserk and mauled a woman.
In the cartoon, drawn by Sean Delonas, a regular Post cartoonist, two officers are staring gloomily at the blood spattered chimp’s corpse after one of them has shot it.
“They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill,” says the other officer.
The cartoon drew immediate criticism from Al Sharpton, the black activist and community leader.
this is why we can never have peace in this world, when the own brethren make mockery of you. you want to unite, but the people don't want and then they cry that nothing is working and we need a new president. that's where freedom of speech leads you. it is not freedom of speech, it is freedom of fight and you can fight anybody when you know how to play...
Personally I think that cartoon was tasteless and obscene, way off base - as do the majority of the public I think. But I have the same opinion of Al Sharpton - he's a rabble-rouser and lowlife. We have freedom of speech and freedom of expression in US and for better or worse, papers can publish what they want. If you disagree or find it distasteful, then express that and boycott their publication. But dont give trash like Al Sharpton more fuel to add to the fire. He actually does far more harm than good for race relations.
I had sincere doubts about the ability of Obama to lead the country yet he has proven to be extremely upstanding and a positive thing for the country so far. My doubts have been quashed. Lets not dirty it all up with the Al Sharptons and their jumping up and down over something that was actually meant to inflame racial tensions.
