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| Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://politiktoons.blogspot.com and also at http://sacrava.blogspot.com) |
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People are seen on the rooftop of a house in Grantham, a township between Toowoomba and Brisbane, in this still image taken from video January 10, 2011. Tsunami-like flash floods raced towards Australia's third-largest city of Brisbane on Tuesday, prompting evacuations of its outskirts, flood warnings for the financial district and predictions that the death toll is likely to climb. REUTERS/Nine Network via Reuters TV |
8 comments:
I pray to God for safety of Australian. My Aussie mate will get through this difficult time, please God bless Australian and her friend Cambodian.
this is unusual for australia to get big flood like this. what's going on in the world? my thoughts and prayers are with the people of australia that are affected by this natural disaster. your friend in cambodia.
នៅទីណាក៏ដោយ ទោះជានៅក្នុងប្រទេសក្រីក្រ ក្នុងប្រទេសកំពុងអភិវឌ្ឍ ក្នុងប្រទេសអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ ក្ដី គឺគ្មានអ្នកណាអាចគេចផុតពីគ្រោះធម្មជាតិឡើយ។
អចឹង ! គឺដូចគ្នាដែរ និងអ្នកនយោបាយ ។ ថ្ងៃនេះ ពួកគេមានប្រជាប្រិយភាព មានអំណាច តែថ្ងៃក្រោយ វាមិនប្រាកដថា ភាព
ថ្កុមថ្កើងទាំងនេះ នឹងនៅឋិតថេរជារៀងរហូតឡើយ ៕
Borng Bun Heang,
I have enjoyed your cartoons with their subtle and sometimes not so subtle messages. But on this occasion, I must protest at your attempt at humour. The family you depicted is still in a lot of trouble, with the father/husband still missing. Not only that, the man's name is known- he is James Perry. The fear that they must have felt sitting on the roof of their car would be quite strong, to say the least. To depict them as a subject for our amusement is insensitive at best. There are plenty of other focuses of the flood for your attention, without the misery and sadness attached to losing a family member. As refugees and survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime ourselves, we should know how that feels. So please, consider taking it off KI.
I strongly agree with you 12:44pm. I would like to share the sadness of people in Queensland.
You a the same type of person u depict in ur previous drawings when did a cartoon about this tragedy in Queensland, u dumb asss it's Queensland not queenland.. And ur other drawings u show the Cambodian gov as being dumb but seems like u are the same. Anyways, I use to enjoy ur drawings now I just want u to die a violent death. :)
I think the cartoonist does not make any fun of the flood victims but, in fact try to tell the world about the situation in Queensland. There is no indication of satire or sarcasm in the cartoon to suggest such thing as some has interpreted.
Its tough for an artist when his depictions of a tragedy like the Queensland floods are misinterpreted.
Others might see it differently but the artist's intentions seemed crystal clear to me. The stricken family perched on the roof of their car was not being mocked. This had nothing to do with idle 'amusement' or ridicule.
For me the scene was loaded with poignancy. Surely our hearts go out to the family and their smallness in the face of nature’s wrath
Yes, there is irony that the ‘Sunshine State Down Under’ is ‘under water’ but that’s not deriding Queensland, let alone the family. It’s a message of humility - the cosmic climate gods reminding us to tread lightly, that we’re not all-powerful. That’s the poignancy.
I remember he did a similarly moving depiction of a jazz musician trapped in his wheelchair during the New Orleans floods in 2005.
Yes, BunHeang is reknown for his brutal political satires but he is also an artist with a big heart which often bleeds for the ironies of life
J.G.Sydney
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