Sometimes the media just pisses me off.
I read an article today on one of my favorite websites that made me furious. Firehouse.com reported that the Sacramento Bee published a "cartoon" that has many firefighters from around the country enraged. I use the quotation marks because this cartoon is no cartoon at all.
This "cartoon" features three illustrations. Two of the three are drawings from two famous photos that remind us of two of the worst tragedies in American history, those being 9/11 and the Oklahoma City Bombing. These photos were redrawn and manipulated by the artist.
The first photo is the most famous image from 9/11. The image of the three New York City firefighters raising the flag above the carnage of that faithful day. The flag was change to a flag featuring the Playboy bunny symbol. The second photo is one from the Oklahoma City Bombing of a firefighter carrying the body of a deceased baby. The artist manipulated this photo to have the firefighter carrying an unconscious women wearing only her underclothes with a caption of "Hey babe!" The third image is of a firefighter leaning out the driver side window of a fire truck asking the mayor of Sacramento, who happens to be female, if she "needs a lift." Which is meant in a sexual way.
Have a look for yourself:
Here are the originals in case anyone has forgotten:
Now I must ask, just what in the hell is this artist and the editor of this newspaper thinking!?
This "cartoon" is absolutely sickening and degrading. The nerve of these son of a bitches to publish such a "cartoon." These people (the newspaper) are despicable human beings. These a**holes must not have known anyone that was affected by either tragedy or else they would have never published this piece of sh*t. They don't have any respect for anyone but themselves. Do these pr*ck have any feelings, do they have any empathy for others? It sure as hell doesn't seem like it to me. I think its evident. If you ask me, these people are cold, heartless bastards.
What makes this story worse is that the newspaper is not going to retract the "cartoon" nor are they going to apologize for it. I think that everyone that buys and/or subscribes to the Sacramento Bee should boycott their paper and not buy it. Not if they are going to have this kind of trash in it.
How would they feel if they were someone that lost a loved one to either of these tragedies. I am pretty sure they would be as upset and as pissed off as the rest of us are. I might not have lost anyone or known anyone that perished or had a loved one perished in either tragedy, but I do know how I felt when they happened. I had feelings of helplessness, sadness, and fear.
Not only are they degrading the tragedies, but they are also degrading the firefighters. Sure, there might be a few bad apples out there but not all firefighters act in such a way. This "cartoon" is a spit in the face to every kind and good-hearted firefighter that puts his/her life on the line day in and day out to save others in their time of need. Not only do they put their lives on the line, they also see things that no human being should see and those images are forever encrypted into their minds.
This casts a bad light on firefighters in general and its complete bullsh*t. I hope that those that see this "cartoon" will realize that firefighters are good people and not what this piece of sh*t "cartoon" portrays them as.
Here is a link to the article:
California Newspaper Cartoon Enrages Firefighters
Well, that's going to wrap it up. Hopefully the next entry will be a happy one.
...'Till next time.
Jason
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