Friday TOON Roundup 2 -G-Dope

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[Gothmog]

1. Thank you for the cartoons

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

2. Good ones all!

[SteveG]

3. all toons

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023737681

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023737693

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023737704

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023737708

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023737713

[hedgehog]

4. thank you!

[whttevrr]

5. Thank you

[Sentath]

6. I don't know if I should mention it, but

The John Cole one looks like it has a religious dog whistle in it.

[Jim Lane]

7. I've looked and looked and don't see it. Would you explain?

Of course, that's the point of a dog whistle, that the target audience will get it but others won't -- but I want to be let in on it.

[Sentath]

8. I believe that it could be a subtle, perhaps even accidental reference to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism_of_the_Gerasene_demoniac

[Jim Lane]

10. Interesting link, but I disagree. It's more likely a reference to the lemmings myth.

Your link is to pigs jumping into a pond. There's a popular misconception about lemmings committing mass suicide by running over the edge of a cliff -- see this section of the Wikipedia article about lemmings. The use of a cliff in the cartoon, plus the much greater cultural prominence of the lemming myth as compared with the Biblical story, lead me to conclude that there's no religious meaning at all.

[jsr]

9. Great toons