Why religion is a laughing matter
Satire and caricature are funny things. The most effective satire makes us laugh – but then it also gives us something to chew on, to think about.
Satire and caricature are funny things. The most effective satire makes us laugh – but then it also gives us something to chew on, to think about.
In the wake of the acts of assassination and terror directed by Islamic extremists against the editor and cartoonists at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, a number of media news outlets, including CNN, Fox Cable, the Associated Press, MSNBC, ABC, the British-based Jewish Chronicle, and the New York Times, have elected not to show or republish the satirical images of Mohammed and other Muslims that appear to have prompted the violence.