Slate Cartoon in very disgustingly bad taste

[WestHoustonDem]

Am I being oversensitive. Just got Slate's Happy New Year cartoon and find it unbelievably crass.

http://cagle.com/news/NewYear2005/main.asp

[Not_Giving_Up]

1. Yeah, that's tacky

No question

[AccessGranted]

2. Definitely Not Cool

It's just wrong

[unblock]

3. if you think it's meant to be funny,

then yes, i guess it would be in bad taste.

but i think it's one of those poignant cartoons rather than a funny one. i think it's entirely appropriate.

[Left Is Write]

8. I agree. I don't think it's meant to be funny at all.

[Placebo]

4. It's just a cartoon.

Nothing to be upset about.

[meganmonkey]

5. I agree. It's just tacky as hell. n/t

[mcscajun]

6. I don't think any of them were meant to be funny.

Political cartoons rarely are.

Poignant seems more likely, if we're talking about the first one with the tsunami wave.

[intheflow]

7. Which cartoon?

Two came up, both offensive in their own ways... or not.

[joeybee12]

9. First one didn't bother me--the second one is disgusting, though...

...guess the artist (I use that term very loosely) has been watching Fox News.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. This is a good one - on that same site

http://tinypic.com/14r801