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[drivebyluna.livejournal.com]

I hate this one.  Its not a contest.  Its not a guilt trip.  We don't need to compare.

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[tbonestg.livejournal.com]

It's not a contest. It's just comparing the past with the present.

[lima-pcp.livejournal.com]

"We've survived much worse" refers to the US survivng 9-11, which was worse than the subway, and Britain survivng the Blitz in WWII, which was worse than both.

[beretta.livejournal.com]

I see your point, but to me I read this as just the US being there for the Brits.

[spooky-nine.livejournal.com]

i agree w/ you. i read it as "we" meaning the u.s. and great britain together, as in world war II.

[unshavengod.livejournal.com]

I think there's more too it than that.

In WW2, the US support of Britain was half-hearted, and in many ways, it was almost "too little too late". So when the US says "We've been through worse", it's a bit silly, because ENGLAND is the only one that's been through much worse. The US has never really suffered anything of comparable magnitude.

I.E., the US is taking advantage of the situation: they are claiming pity for suffering that isn't really theirs -- in fact the suffering in both cases was arguably intensified by US actions or inactions... Notice america isn't crying.

[superdork37.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree. The 'we' seems to be referring to both countries, rather than just America. Its not really comparing so much as its saying "bad stuff has happened before and we made it, we can survive this too."

Ha!

[andrewducker]

I'm sorry, but I object to the idea that the US is currently comforting the UK over these bombings, or that we need to be reminded by them that we've had much worse. We coped with the sustained terrorist bombings of the 70s/80s and this is just more of the same.

[ceejayoz.livejournal.com]

Poorly worded comic, I think.

While it could be read as the US saying "9/11 was worse, suck it up" I'm fairly sure that wasn't the intent - I think the cartoonist is saying "both of us have seen worse than this and triumphed - fuck you, murderers"

[samrij.livejournal.com]

wow. dumbest comic ever!

The London Terrorist Attack is not a plague nor should it be dispicted as one. And as said above, it ain't a contest.

[chrisfrap.livejournal.com]

i think its smoke...
things do smoke when fire enguls them correct?

[megiloth.livejournal.com]

I do believe you are correct.

Where there's smoke, there's fire.
Where there's fire, there's explosions.
Where there's explosions, there's a Muslim.

[megiloth.livejournal.com]

wow. dumbest comic ever!

Nope. That honor belongs to latuff.

The London Terrorist Attack is not a plague nor should it be dispicted as one.

I wasn't aware that in the world of editorial cartoons, black smoke = plague. Come to think of it, I don't recall ever seeing a cartoon depicting a plague. There's probably not a big demand for plague cartoons.

[khalinche.livejournal.com]

*vomits*