{"article":{"id":20187,"heading":"George W. Bush, the Washington's Sniper (by Latuff)","author":"Latuff","created":"2002-10-17 15:12:56","modified":"2005-08-15 01:03:07","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:03:07","article":"","contact":"latuff@uninet.com.br","link":"www.whitehouse.gov","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","summary":"Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.","numcomment":31,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2002\/10\/sniper2.gif","filesize":"69.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2002\/10\/20187.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2002\/10\/sniper2.gif"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":20201,"heading":"Cool","article":"I like it, I like it.\r\n","author":"Steve Hampton","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-17 18:07:17","modified":"2002-10-17 18:07:17","fileurl":""},{"id":20308,"heading":"Simple","article":"What exactly is the message?  I don't see a connection.","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-19 12:31:59","modified":"2002-10-19 12:31:59","fileurl":""},{"id":20312,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"...It's a joke, son...y'know what a joke is, don't you?\r\n\r\n","author":"KPC","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-19 14:22:44","modified":"2002-10-19 14:22:44","fileurl":""},{"id":20318,"heading":"Simple","article":"What exactly is funny?  Do you get a laugh over the artist's presentation of the President as the sniper?  What's funny about a sniper?  What's funny about defamation of character?","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-19 16:00:37","modified":"2002-10-19 16:00:37","fileurl":""},{"id":20323,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"Everything!","author":"KPC","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-19 20:29:16","modified":"2002-10-19 20:29:16","fileurl":""},{"id":20325,"heading":"Simple","article":"Well, not to be one without something hilarious to point out:\r\n\r\nJimmy Carter wins Nobel Peace Prize.\r\n\r\nNow, that's funny.","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-19 20:48:57","modified":"2002-10-19 20:48:57","fileurl":""},{"id":20326,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"Yes...that was a hoot...\r\n","author":"KPC","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-19 20:50:26","modified":"2002-10-19 20:50:26","fileurl":""},{"id":20348,"heading":"huh","article":"it's funny, your capitalization of things Simple Simon.\r\n\r\nthe PPPPPPPPPresident.  you hold him in high esteem, huh? \r\n\r\nha.","author":"]","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-20 18:06:44","modified":"2002-10-20 18:06:44","fileurl":""},{"id":20391,"heading":"Simple","article":"Well, yes I do.  I am also a stickler for grammar.  What's it to you?","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-21 13:09:22","modified":"2002-10-21 13:09:22","fileurl":""},{"id":20442,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"...well they have something in common, don't they...\r\n\r\n...they are both simple..ooops.. I mean Simple....","author":"KPC","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-22 13:41:05","modified":"2002-10-22 13:41:05","fileurl":""},{"id":20514,"heading":"connection?","article":"I do not see the connection between George Bush and the sniper either. Political cartoons are supposed to be funny, but more importantly they are supposed to have a message that makes sense.","author":"Cammi","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-24 00:13:28","modified":"2002-10-24 00:13:28","fileurl":""},{"id":20549,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"..just 'cause you don't get it doesn't mean it ain't funny...\r\n\r\n...just because you don't get the point doesn't mean there ain't one...","author":"KPC","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-24 14:49:29","modified":"2002-10-24 14:49:29","fileurl":""},{"id":20560,"heading":"Simple","article":"Pray, expound on the humor that you seem to get, which escapes some of us.  It isn't polite to keep a joke to yourself.","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-24 19:43:27","modified":"2002-10-24 19:43:27","fileurl":""},{"id":20562,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"...his pants look like they're falling down...\r\n\r\n...now THAT'S funny!","author":"KPC","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-24 20:06:40","modified":"2002-10-24 20:06:40","fileurl":""},{"id":20564,"heading":"Simple","article":"Alright, I'll give you that one.","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-24 20:11:51","modified":"2002-10-24 20:11:51","fileurl":""},{"id":20604,"heading":"Simple","article":"Hey, they just arrested a converted muslim and his Jamaican stepson as the possible snipers.  Guess the President is off the hook.  Maybe our Brazilian friend can draw us a little picture of muslim extremists sniping American citizens for sport.  Won't that be funny?","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-25 13:49:01","modified":"2002-10-25 13:49:01","fileurl":""},{"id":20609,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"...'cause, goodness knows, American's would never snipe other Americans just for fun...goodness knows THAT never happens...does it?\r\n\r\n....goodness knows...","author":"KPC","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-25 16:46:32","modified":"2002-10-25 16:46:32","fileurl":""},{"id":20619,"heading":"Simple","article":"You'd be hard pressed to find a sniper in this country since the early 1970's.  I'll bet you can't.  But here's another angry moslem retard shooting people in the same week that bunches of other angry moslem retards are holding 700 people hostage in Moscow.  But blame America first, KPC.  Yeah, the government, man, it' s behind everything.","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-25 19:26:07","modified":"2002-10-25 19:26:07","fileurl":""},{"id":20626,"heading":"moslom?","article":"who are you talking about? \r\n\r\nyou sound really stupid, sorry.","author":"========","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-25 20:51:26","modified":"2002-10-25 20:51:26","fileurl":""},{"id":20628,"heading":"retards?","article":"why do you use a word like retard?\r\n\r\nyou are obviously simple to be using words most 10 year olds know better than to use.  \r\n\r\nwatch out, Simple Simon, you're slowly showing your racist, sexist, messed-up self.","author":"what's wrong with you?","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-25 21:02:23","modified":"2002-10-25 21:02:23","fileurl":""},{"id":20629,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"...the guy they caught is as American as you are, asshole...\r\n\r\n...except he's black, which may be a outside qualifier for pinheads like yourself...","author":"KPC","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-25 21:04:34","modified":"2002-10-25 21:04:34","fileurl":""},{"id":20659,"heading":"Simple","article":"Setting them up and knocking them down.\r\n\r\nHere we go.\r\n\r\nPinhead #1:  No name;  Moslem, as I wrote, is a perfectly acceptable variant of the word Muslim.  If you have a problem with English there are tutors available.  Oh, and you spelled the word Moslom.  Perhaps you should spend some time paying attention in class.\r\n\r\nPinhead #2:  What\u2019s wrong with you?: My how well you\u2019ve been housebroken.  The commissars have definitely done their job on you.  Are you afraid of words?  Are you afraid of descriptions?  It must be difficult to live in your world, fearing to describe anything or anyone for fear of giving offence.  And how hilarious that the moment you see a word like retard you run about screaming racism and sexism and don\u2019t stop for a minute to consider whether there is any evidence of such.  How exactly does the utterance of retard denote racism?  Or sexism?  I think you might be a retard.\r\n\r\nPinhead #3:  The inevitable Mr. KPC.  Oh, my.  Profanity.  Your strong suit.  Funny isn\u2019t it that instead of our President it turns out to be a radical black Islamist who is going around shooting people?  Where\u2019s your cartoon now?  Where\u2019s the wonderful Mr. Latuff with his oils?   As far as your assertion that the retard in question is American, yes, by birth this creature is an American citizen.  It will come out in trial what his motivation was in his crime spree.  Should it be a desire to seek the violent overthrow of the government, then he is a traitor and should be hanged.  Much like Mr. Walker-Lindh.  If it was murder in hopes of enriching himself, then he should be electrocuted or given a lethal injection.\r\n\r\nAh, the inevitable charge of racism.  How trite.  I await your demand that our hero not be given the death penalty because it\u2019s racist.  Yes, I\u2019m sure you\u2019re already identifying with poor put-upon Mr. Williams and his plight.  The racist government made him do it.  He grew up in a milieu of institutional racism.  It\u2019s not his fault.  He was merely lashing out at a corrupt system that was keeping him down.  Another devotee of Islam, religion of peace.  It\u2019s so easy to be a Leftist.  Smoke dope, don\u2019t think, it\u2019s the government\u2019s fault.    \r\n","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-26 13:07:27","modified":"2013-11-10 23:46:54","fileurl":""},{"id":20662,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"Simple, my man, I almost fell on the floor you had me laughin so hard...!  I especially like the part about tryin'  to violently overthrow the governement...one lucky shopper at a time!\r\n\r\n....maybe we should hang 'em, electrocute him AND give him a leathal injections...\r\n\r\n...for being a traitor...not a psycopathic killer....\r\n\r\n...and yes it IS trite to hear racist comments from idiots like you...\r\n\r\n\r\n...too much dude, too too much","author":"KPC","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-26 13:58:34","modified":"2002-10-26 13:58:34","fileurl":""},{"id":20667,"heading":"Simple","article":"Glad to provide you with mirth, good sir.","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-26 14:13:05","modified":"2002-10-26 14:13:05","fileurl":""},{"id":20669,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"I'm not laughin' with you...I'm laughin' AT you...","author":"KPC","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-26 14:24:47","modified":"2002-10-26 14:24:47","fileurl":""},{"id":20670,"heading":"Simple","article":"And I'll be laughing when they put that jerk to sleep.","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-26 14:33:48","modified":"2002-10-26 14:33:48","fileurl":""},{"id":20702,"heading":"you are ridiculous","article":""How exactly does the utterance of retard denote racism? Or sexism? I think you might be a retard."\r\n\r\n1.racism\r\n"Simple\r\nby Simple Simon • Thursday October 24, 2002 Thut 09:49 AM\r\nHey, they just arrested a converted muslim and his Jamaican stepson as the possible snipers. Guess the President is off the hook. Maybe our Brazilian friend can draw us a little picture of muslim extremists sniping American citizens for sport. Won't that be funny?"\r\n(on indymedia) \r\n\r\n2. sexism\r\n"by Simple Simon • Tuesday October 15, 2002 Tuet 11:10 AM\r\nI wanna see some hot chicks!"\r\n(on indymedia, responding to people protesting 'asian fever' contest) \r\n \r\n"My how well you’ve been housebroken. The commissars have definitely done their job on you. Are you afraid of words? Are you afraid of descriptions? It must be difficult to live in your world, fearing to describe anything or anyone for fear of giving offence."\r\n\r\nafraid of words? of descriptions? where is that coming from? just trying to throw anything my way, huh?\r\n\r\nfearing to decribe anything or anyone? i just called you RACIST and SEXIST and you are, Simple Simon. what are you talking about? \r\n","author":"i enjoy laughing at your posts","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-26 21:31:14","modified":"2002-10-26 21:31:14","fileurl":""},{"id":20754,"heading":"Simple","article":"1.  Describing the sniper pair as a muslim extremist and a Jamaican isn't racist, it is accurate description.\r\n\r\n2.  I wanna see hot chicks means I wanna see hot chicks.  This means I really really like em.\r\n\r\n3.  So piss off.","author":"Simple Simon","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-28 01:56:22","modified":"2002-10-28 01:56:22","fileurl":""},{"id":20755,"heading":"..........","article":"The sniper pair were programmed MKULTRA sleeper agents a la Manchurian Candidate. Cue to turn them off was the phrase "We have caught the sniper like a duck in a noose" after which they were found sleeping and taken with no resistance. HMMMMMM.","author":"...........","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-28 02:01:41","modified":"2002-10-28 02:01:41","fileurl":""},{"id":20770,"heading":".................","article":"my number yeah ok little whiner\r\nyou need to get laid or something\r\nmaybe some women would find the IMC court jester attractive but I think not, you should find something else to do","author":"...................","parent_id":20187,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-28 07:08:05","modified":"2002-10-28 07:08:05","fileurl":""}]}