http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/02/25/french-cartoonist-acquitted-of-anti-semitism/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/02/25/french-cartoonist-acquitted-of-anti-semitism/#comment-81261 Jack Cayless Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:12:12 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4059#comment-81261 I believe it was Dave Kellett who said that a nation jokes about what it's most uncomfortable with, which I thought to be very accurate. I think if a cartoonist makes fun of everything, religion, politics, teenagers, what have you - as a lot of us do -, than the most offensive thing to do would be to leave a group of people out of his or her comics. Poking fun at Judaism means that they are only another topic to laugh about, rather than ignoring their existance entirely. I think Mr. Sinet is on the right track about not apologising. I believe it was Dave Kellett who said that a nation jokes about what it’s most uncomfortable with, which I thought to be very accurate. I think if a cartoonist makes fun of everything, religion, politics, teenagers, what have you – as a lot of us do -, than the most offensive thing to do would be to leave a group of people out of his or her comics. Poking fun at Judaism means that they are only another topic to laugh about, rather than ignoring their existance entirely. I think Mr. Sinet is on the right track about not apologising.

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