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Re: Something not right about Captain Ahnee and the Dipwads?
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Fri, 3 Nov 2000 18:05:40 GMT
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In one context, Jar Jar is a member of a fantasy world who happens to talk
silly and act like an idiot (in my opinion--these are subjective
statements). Within the framework of that reality, he does not deserve pain
and suffering heaped upon him for failings (as perceived by me--again a
subjective assessment) beyond his control. If Jar Jar *really* existed in
the real world ::shudders::, he would and should have the same rights and
privileges as every other sentient being. If you find anyone here who does
not believe that, I will be surprised.
In another context, Jar Jar is a meme--an idea invented by someone. He has
no physical reality but rather exists as a intellectual concept. The
intention of the Jar Jar meme is to be funny, goofy, likable, and a positive
contribution to SW:E1. In my opinion, the Jar Jar meme is not funny and not
a positive contribution to SW:E1. The Jar Jar meme causes me pain. I find
ridicule of the Jar Jar meme funny. It sends a signal to real human beings,
warning them not to replicate the thing in its original form.
While torturing a real Jar Jar would be unconscionable, ridiculing a meme
that someone created to entertain me is another matter. It sends a simple
message: don't make more memes like this. (Of course, the Jar Jar meme may
enter into a symbiotic relationship with the memes that mock it, and thereby
survive.)
-Doug
^V^^V^
I am: Damraska@Excite.com
Minifig Suns: http://pages.prodigy.net/damraska/
Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
news:G3G5H4.4yy@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > Dan Jassim asked if I would spread the word on this one. He's created a • LEGO
> > comic strip and wants everyone to check it out.
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1875
> >
> > Enjoy.
> >
> > ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
>
> Call me a stick in the mud, and this may be an unpopular viewpoint.
>
> I looked at this, and I looked at the earlier "Mark goes for donuts". I
> laughed a lot, both times. (I laughed at the E! jarjar mockumentary too.)
> LOTS of talent went into making these graphic comics, there is no denying • that.
>
> And to a certain extent, all humor centers around the discomfiture,
> misfortune, or embarrassment of others or of ourselves.
>
> But is a storyline in which the protagonists either ignore injustice or
> actively participate in it... is that storyline "good"? Is it funny, • really,
> to see the suffering of another who is being victimized because of his
> appearance, language, or (in Jar Jar's case, he's not very bright) mental
> handicap?
>
> I just don't know. That's why I followed this up to off-topic.debate. I
> expect I am going to get some replies that say "lighten up, it's all in
> fun". Heck, I sort of feel that way myself. Something here is making me a
> bit queasy, I can't claim that I have come to grips with it exactly. There
> are no good guys, per se, in the strip, so we can't say the good guys are
> doing bad things...
>
> Talented as this work is, and as much as it made me laugh, I am not sure I
> want to see a bunch of other works that all "celebrate" intolerance. or
> something.
>
> Jar Jar is a sentient being (of a fantasy world) and I suspect he has • rights
> and doesn't like being beat up because he talks funny or looks funny. He
> didn't CHOOSE to look goofy, did he?
>
> On the other hand, who am I to say what sort of work other people should
> create or not create? I dunno.
>
> ++Lar
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