Dilbert today...

[Bigmack]

Did I miss something? Dilbert today....

When I read the cartoon, I thought it made fun of American stupidity about SUV's. The freepers say it makes fun of liberals.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581619/posts

Rashoman?? Help me out.

[philosophie_en_rose]

1. Here's the Cartoon for the Free Republic averse.

[NoodleBoy]

2. "heres a werd dem libruls sher dont no"

"yup... dat's funny."

I guess the funniest part of it is that they're really ripping Our Great Leader, since he mentioned that in the state of the union.

[greenman3610]

9. what it means is, scott adams

is a fucking moran

[Richard D]

10. I read Dilbert a lot . . .

. . . and the dog (Dogbert) is the character that personifies evil and sliminess. In the real world he'd be a republican corporatist. So I don't think Adams is saying to just go ahead and buy a hummer as much as showing what the warped mindset of that thought process is. I see it as making fun of * and his new found energy conservation ideas more than of liberals by a long shot. The whole system is corrupt basically.



BTW:

fungible \FUHN-juh-buhl\, adjective:
1. (Law) Freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation.
2. Interchangeable.

noun:
1. Something that is exchangeable or substitutable. Usually used in the plural.

People think this tax is for Social Security. But tax monies are really fungible. They get raided all the time.
-- Eugene Ludwig, ""Motivated to Work", interview by Kerry A. Dolan," Forbes, March 20, 2000

The setting is Ireland in the 1950's, but, a cynical reader might reflect, this sort of fiction is so common that the characters will be completely fungible.
-- Susan Isaacs, "Three Little Girls From School," New York Times, December 30, 1990

Genuine eros makes us desire a particular person; crude desire is satisfiable by fungible bodies.
-- Edward Craig (general editor), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy


Fungible comes from Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungi (vice), "to perform (in place of)."

[bpilgrim]

3. Resistance is Futile

more...
http://GlobalFreePress.com

peace

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. I take the cartoon as saying

it doesn't really matter what you buy, the terrorists are going to get the money anyway, which is the freeper argument, I think. But of course that's not where the argument for buying a fuel efficient car lies. It lies in a different direction altogether-you buy a fuel efficient car so that you save money personally-and so that you conserve resources so that there will be more fuel available.

[meganmonkey]

5. And you lead by example - something we all need to do more of

if we really want things to change.

Peace!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. another good point

I hadn't thought up-thanks for bringing it up!

[HeeBGBz]

8. And so you lighten the load on the environment

But the freeps wouldn't care about that shit.

[pocket]

7. "buying a hybrid is a meaningless gesture"

that's how I read it.

In which case that cartoon is full of fucking shit.

[WinkyDink]

11. I love "Dilbert". But I do think this one mocks "us"and is a Republican

sentiment. Particularly the totally-without-proof that those "developing countries" would aid terrorism.
But hey; Scott Adams IS a business guy, just one who hates INEFFICIENT business. And Dogbert is the voice of reason, as opposed to ridiculous humans.