Wednesday, July 16, 2008

A Gentle Reminder

Re: all the hubbub over this recent New Yorker cover.

From Wikipedia:
[...] Although satire is usually meant to be funny, the purpose of satire is not primarily humor in itself so much as an attack on something of which the author strongly disapproves, using the weapon of wit.

Have we got that straight now?

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