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Re: Zuckerberg lampooned

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On 2014-02-27 21:00:10 +0000, Bjoern Hoehrmann said:

> * RS Wood wrote in comp.misc:
>> 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.
> 
> Mark Zuckerberg as data kraken is as obvious as it gets
> 
>   https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datenkrake
> 
> And not just in Germany,
> 
>   http://rt.com/usa/nro-satellite-octopus-emblem-854/


I speak just enough German to get the gist of the datenkraken article.  
Awesome – way to go, Deutschland!  I'm trying to imagine the Americans 
undertaking a similar protest/parade and it's hard to imagine.

As for the RT article, yes - that NSA emblem is appropriate.  But awful 
and ironic was the sidebar advertisement with a picture of Syria's 
Assad and a poll: should America invade Syria?

I don't want this group to take on that topic, since it's not germane 
to comp.misc.  Just thought it was ironic since the same minds who 
probably think having NSA read all your email is the same hankering for 
a showdown in a mideast country.  Come over to dictator.mideast if you 
want to discuss.

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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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