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Re: Zuckerberg lampooned

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Hils wrote:
> "The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung has been accused of
> anti-semitism after it published a cartoon featuring Facebook CEO Mark
> Zuckerberg as an octopus monster with a gigantic nose."
>
> http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-anti-semitic-caricature-2014-2

Interesting article, thanks for posting.  I was not aware of the 
Judaism-as-octopus connotation, though it hardly seems like it deserves 
the exclusive right to that metaphor.  These days several competing 
ideologies attempting to exert their influence more broadly (capitalism? 
liberalism?  whatever) could easily use the same imagery.

The artist says he was going for more of a "Davy Jones" from "Pirates of 
the Caribbean" look, and actually that was the first thing I thought 
when I saw the cartoon, so he succeeded, in my opinion.  I'm writing 
this off as "over-sensitive Germans" who are indeed very sensitive about 
any perceived anti-Semitism, and for obvious reasons.

(Deftly avoiding Godwins Law, I now veer back onto a topic more apt for 
comp.misc) :)

But hell, someone SHOULD lampoon Zuckerberg and Facebook.  Facebook 
sucks.  It's pervasive, it's damaging, it's now proven to have 
detrimental effects on young peoples' emotional and physical health, and 
in its blatant attempt to surpass every useful web protocol, it is the 
borg itself.  I suggest we nuke it from high orbit and piss in the crater.

I reluctantly tried out Facebook for about 4 months, but deleted my 
account when they wanted my cellphone number (yes, I know it was not 
actually deleted).  Friends who tell me "you'll have no other way to 
communicate with me if you don't use it" I say "see ya later."

I rejoice at articles showing young people no longer like/use it, 
preferring those crazy picture sharing sites.  And the day the 
mainstream media stops wanking itself silly over every little thing Zuck 
says or does I'll be happy.  I'm sick to death of hearing about Twitter, 
too.  "OMG, Twitter caused the Tunisian revolution" etc.  It's so vapid.

When my revolution comes, it will be hard-wrapped at 72 spaces, thank ya 
very much.

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Zuckerberg lampooned Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-02-26 21:33 +0000
  Re: Zuckerberg lampooned RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 09:26 +0000
    Re: Zuckerberg lampooned philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-02-27 06:47 -0600
      Re: Zuckerberg lampooned Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-02-27 14:04 +0000
      Re: Zuckerberg lampooned Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-27 14:08 +0000
    Re: Zuckerberg lampooned Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-27 15:03 +0000
      Re: Zuckerberg lampooned invis <invis@invis.net> - 2014-02-27 15:33 +0000
    Re: Zuckerberg lampooned Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de> - 2014-02-27 22:00 +0100
      Re: Zuckerberg lampooned RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 22:24 +0000

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