Thursday, September 6, 2012

in humour veritas


Ron Cobb was born in the USA but came to live in Australia in 1972. His political cartoon phase blended nicely with the sweeping social reform Gough Whitlam promised.

I still have my copy of his first Australian book. [No, I’m not a hoarder! This is not “stuff” – it’s valuable ephemera.]




 This one reminds me of a truly offensive joke a bus driver told when I was travelling from Katherine to Adelaide in the 70s. [Political Correctness did some good before it became a victim of ‘spin’]





Of course, they all more or less speak for themselves.



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  1. Windsmoke.September 6, 2012 at 7:38 AM

    The first one is spot on even though its not very PC.

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    1. FruitCakeSeptember 6, 2012 at 8:56 AM

      Windsmoke, It is a pretty clear comment, isn't it.

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  2. Red Nomad OZSeptember 7, 2012 at 9:47 AM

    It's probably politically incorrect to say so, but I find clever, but politically incorrect cartoons to actually have more impact than the bland but politically correct ones they've morphed into.

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    1. FruitCakeSeptember 7, 2012 at 12:14 PM

      At least the odious equation of 'politically incorrect' with 'Un-Australian' seems to have stopped.

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    2. Red Nomad OZSeptember 15, 2012 at 9:36 PM

      Or maybe we just started treating it with utter contempt?!?!

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  3. Dina Roberts September 7, 2012 at 1:02 PM

    I think many people have that Santa Claus philosophy.

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