This Modern World-Once upon a time, the citizens of a large nation turned into monsters ...

[kpete]

This Modern World-Once upon a time, the citizens of a large nation turned into monsters-By Tom Tomorrow



http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2009/09/01/tomo/index.html

[Skittles]

1. HE NAILS IT AGAIN

:thumbsup:

[Ghost Dog]

42. Far out.

[chrisa]

2. Pretty accurate.

Of the stupidity that has driven this nation for the last 8 years.

[baldguy]

3. The most frightening thing about Nazi Germany...

The Nazis were normal people.

[RufusTFirefly]

7. Exactly so.

There were the fanatics, and there were the vast majority of people who said or did nothing. Then there were those who spoke out, who were either drowned out or silenced.

[yodermon]

11. hardly.

They were monstrously abused as children and the Jewish children less so, as you can read on p. 201.

[troubledamerican]

12. Yes, hardly. Would we call Neocons "normal people"?

[baldguy]

15. My family history sez different.

[LouisianaLiberal]

32. Very interesting book. NT

[SharonAnn]

13. See Hannah Arendt and The Banality of Evil

[Echo In Light]

29. +1

[WinkyDink]

39. I think it was how fast our OSS transported so many of the war criminals over here.

[indepat]

4. A nation that blindly supports and follows those who are instruments of monstrous perversions

cannot escape the inevitable: they themselves become monsters. Sorry, but that's about the size of it. :P

[al bupp]

5. Ouch, Sir, That Stings

Mr. Tomorrow knows how to zing them home with a twist, does he not?

[Solly Mack]

6. Yes!

[DBoon]

8. Ionesco did just this in "Rhinoceros"

Over the course of three acts, the inhabitants of a small, provincial French town turn into rhinoceroses; ultimately the only human who does not succumb to this mass metamorphosis is the central character, Bérenger, a flustered everyman figure who is often criticized throughout the play for his drinking and tardiness. The play is often read as a response to the sudden upsurge of Communism, Fascism and Nazism during the events preceding World War II, and explores the themes of conformity, culture, philosophy, and morality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_(play)

one of the best political plays I have seen

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

9. Makes me sad,...

,...what else can I say? No healing or closure, moral competence or integrity, sense of justice let alone democratic leadership can be established without enforcing laws EQUALLY.

WE CAN NEVER FORGET ANY INJUSTICE! Every injustice is equal as should be actions against the same.

[Swamp Rat]

10. Tom Tomorrow can see THEM too!

:hide:

[Bonobo]

14. +++1 n/t

[TahitiNut]

16. (lol!) Right on cue!

Tom Tomorrow is Swampie!! :rofl: :rofl:

:pals: :hug:

[Swamp Rat]

38. Sometimes you feel like a nut,

and sometimes you feel like a TahitiNut. :D:hi::hug:

[hunter]

17. !

:yourock:

[Oilwellian]

21. I was hoping to see you respond

My first thought was, Mr. Tomorrow's seen the great Swampmeister's work!

[cliffordu]

22. !!

excellent!!!!

[juajen]

18. My goodness, that is so apt and scarey. NT

[Journeyman]

19. How apt - "Don't look backwards at what we are, look forward at what we wish we were". . .

[Senator]

20. The Audacity Of Nope (...Not My Problem) n/t

[Soylent Brice]

23. nails it again.

we are what we loathed. we have become what we feared. and i don't give a fuck what anyone says, 9/11 did exactly what it was intended to do - turn us into what we hated the most. and we fell apart from our fear, and our willingness to succumb to tyranny for a false security blanket.

we failed, epically.

[Ghost Dog]

43. And WHO ordered the stand-down of your defenses

on that fateful day, may I ask?

And where is the still-pending proper inquiry/investigation?

[guitar man]

24. spot on

Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one. -Friedrich Nietzsche

[emulatorloo]

25. That is the most powerful cartoon I have seen in a long time. I try to stay optimistic, I

have hopes that Holder's narrow investigation turns out to be like the narrow slit a can-opener makes. Because there is no doubt in my mind that the more extreme techniques Holder is investigating came out of Cheney's office.

I will acknowledge that maybe I am being naive.

[frog92969]

26. WoW!

Spot on.

[valerief]

27. BING-GO!

:applause:

[neuvocat]

28. His best one yet.

[MarcoS]

30. Consider "What if?"

What if Iran is correct, and America really is the Great Satan?

What if Muslims are God's chosen people, and the only remaining obstacle to world peace is the government of America and Israel?

Yikes.

[Jim Sagle]

33. Kinda fucked up in the head, aincha?

[FiveGoodMen]

36. Religion is the great Satan.

Selling the notion that it's righteous to believe in things that appear to be false -- just because someone told you to -- is Satan's major success story.

Consider that.

[Ghost Dog]

44. Welcome to DU

;)

[BlooInBloo]

31. When the general public is so shitty, it's no surprise that the talking teevee heads...

as well as the politicians are.

[Jim Sagle]

34. The Metamorphosis, By Franz Kafka:

One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in place. His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes.

“What’s happened to me,” he thought. It was no dream. His room, a proper room for a human being, only somewhat too small, lay quietly between the four well-known walls. Above the table, on which an unpacked collection of sample cloth goods was spread out—Samsa was a travelling salesman—hung the picture which he had cut out of an illustrated magazine a little while ago and set in a pretty gilt frame. It was a picture of a woman with a fur hat and a fur boa. She sat erect there, lifting up in the direction of the viewer a solid fur muff into which her entire forearm had disappeared.

Gregor’s glance then turned to the window. The dreary weather—the rain drops were falling audibly down on the metal window ledge—made him quite melancholy. “Why don’t I keep sleeping for a little while longer and forget all this foolishness,” he thought. But this was entirely impractical, for he was used to sleeping on his right side, but in his present state he could not get himself into this position. No matter how hard he threw himself onto his right side, he always rolled onto his back again. He must have tried it a hundred times, closing his eyes so that he would not have to see the wriggling legs, and gave up only when he began to feel a light, dull pain in his side which he had never felt before.

[Uncle Joe]

35. That's the best Modern World Strip; I've seen so far.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.:thumbsup:

[NJCher]

37. looking at oneself

Why do people find it so hard to look at themselves?

Republicans are the worst at this; as evidence I cite their continuous record of projecting their ills upon the other, in this case, Democrats.

Looking at myself objectively is something I have made a goal of for over 15-20 years now. I was inspired to do this when I read some research that showed why people stayed fat. Big surprise. It's because of their food intake. The studies showed that people had a very difficult time of objectively recording their food intake over a lengthy period of time. Yes, people could do it for a few days but after that, their ability to do so declined drastically.

I started doing it with food intake and then moved on to other things. Like once I wanted to know why I didn't get more done in a day. I kept track of my time and found it was because I didn't put in enough work hours on my goals.

The human mind has an amazing capacity to lie to itself.

Cher

[rpannier]

40. That has sadly been an devolving thing

We've reached the point where giving respect to people is a sign of weakness
Where apologizing for something is also viewed as weakness
Where self-promotion is very important
The "I" is all that matters

Unfortunately, I see it from people across all entire political spectrum

There's not enough personal reflection and introspection

[Canuckistanian]

41. More sad than funny

But still bitingly accurate.