Reader stunned by attack on the Pope
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Cheryl Drummond
Published: July 27, 2008
I sit stunned after seeing the vicious cartoon attack on the Pope and, by extension, the Catholic Church, with the cute caption, “Pope Rejects Consumer Culture.” This came from a Spanish political-cartoon Web site, and was translated for our benefit.
The Holy Father is depicted as an ugly, greedy ogre, rubbing his hands together, surrounded by all of his “consumer goods,” items that Catholics normally regard with reverence. What was your point here?
Did you hope that it would generate a good laugh along with our morning coffee? Is this something that Spanish-speaking people would find funny, but the rest of us “just don’t get it?” Kindly enlighten those of us who are too unsophisticated to appreciate your outrageously offensive attempt at humor.
CHERYL DRUMMOND
Manassas
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Posted by ( anonmom ) on July 29, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it, too. The cartoon was on Tuesday, July 22, and it was right above Gary Jacobsen’s column entitled “Showing contempt for citizens.” At first I wasn’t sure if that title referred to the column or to the cartoon above it. It was extremely tasteless--kind of like the ugly propaganda cartoons about greedy Jews during Hitler’s time.
Nice job, MJM. I’ll be canceling my subscription.
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Posted by ( Sammy B ) on July 27, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I have not seen this particular cartoon but I would imagine that the intent of the cartoon was to point out the irony of the Pope’s statement given the lavishness of the Papal Apartments and other features of Vatican City. Still, it sounds like the execution (deja vu) was in rather poor taste.
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