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RE: Offensive political cartoons!
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>Dear Editor,<P class=StoryText align=justify>There has been a certain level of unconscionable nastiness in some sections of the media when it comes to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Justifiers of the Gleaner cartoon of February 1 may claim it was prompted by her continual insistence on being just a girl from the country, or her harping on her lack of formal education, so a cartoonist could envision her as a "gal from downso", but the fact is, Mrs Simpson Miller ought not to have been portrayed with such venom.<P class=StoryText align=justify>A cartoon showing her in a business suit, holding a credit card, with the same captions, would have passed without much comment.<P class=StoryText align=justify>But to delve into the cesspool, portraying everything from the curve of her mouth, to her posture, to her dress, in the most offensive manner, pushes satire into vicious attack.<P class=StoryText align=justify>One wonders what the prime minister did to the cartoonist that would prompt him to imagine such a drawing, and to execute it with such undisguised hatred and anger.<P class=StoryText align=justify>As a person who has criticised the government, the form of governance, and even the prime minister on occasion, I take umbrage at that cartoon.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Jaye Green
jayegreen@gmail.com
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>Dear Editor,<P class=StoryText align=justify>There has been a certain level of unconscionable nastiness in some sections of the media when it comes to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Justifiers of the Gleaner cartoon of February 1 may claim it was prompted by her continual insistence on being just a girl from the country, or her harping on her lack of formal education, so a cartoonist could envision her as a "gal from downso", but the fact is, Mrs Simpson Miller ought not to have been portrayed with such venom.<P class=StoryText align=justify>A cartoon showing her in a business suit, holding a credit card, with the same captions, would have passed without much comment.<P class=StoryText align=justify>But to delve into the cesspool, portraying everything from the curve of her mouth, to her posture, to her dress, in the most offensive manner, pushes satire into vicious attack.<P class=StoryText align=justify>One wonders what the prime minister did to the cartoonist that would prompt him to imagine such a drawing, and to execute it with such undisguised hatred and anger.<P class=StoryText align=justify>As a person who has criticised the government, the form of governance, and even the prime minister on occasion, I take umbrage at that cartoon.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Jaye Green
jayegreen@gmail.com
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