Stop and Think!

Have you ever wondered how many blunders could be avoided if people would just stop and think? Think about their actions? the consequences? How it affects other people?

This picture was enough to bring me back to blog life. As I look at it, I experience a slew of emotions - humor is definitely NOT one of them. (contrary to the New York Post editor-in-chief's assessment that it's "a clear parody of a current news event.")

The defintion of parody (courtesy dictionary.com) is a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing.

Am I missing the funny part??

I mean really...portraying the nation's leader to a dead animal, especially one that has a history of being linked to the degredation of black people just doesn't really tickle my funny bone.

I recently heard this argument, "Are we going to have four years of everything that's negative about Obama labeled as racism?"

Uhh..no. But okay, fine, let's go there.

As it pertains to this subject, let's say it was some animal other than a monkey depicted in the cartoon.

The definition of animal (again, courtesy dictionary.com) is any living thing other than a human being.

So, being portrayed as ANY animal is offensive! Besides the downgrade from human status, it implies that you have no character, no ability to reason, no capacity to have feelings, no desire to care for anything other than what is necessary to keep you alive, etc...

It's inevitable, that people (including President Obama) will do things that are wrong, or disagreeable. However, that doesn't mean a person should be demeaned and lowered to a level where they are considered less than human.

I'll stop here, just thinking about the ignorance of some people has my blood boiling to the point where steam might start coming out of my ears...