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Olive's picture

Not sure I see the humour in this cartoon from today's Gulf Times.


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rMs_000 said Not funny! :( ...

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Olive's picture

Olive said Hmmmm Looks like I might ...

Hmmmm Looks like I might need to make it smaller, here:

 

mjamille28's picture

mjamille28 said can't see the whole of the ...

can't see the whole of the cartoon, but doesn't look funny at all..

 

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rMs_000 said Copy paste in paint and ...

Copy paste in paint and read!

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mjamille28 said Olive thanks for reposting.. ...

Olive thanks for reposting..

 

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Victory_278692 said it is more scarry for working parents and ....... ...

sarcastic then funny.....

 

Olive's picture

Olive said There's so much wrong about ...

There's so much wrong about this cartoon I'm not sure what the editor was thinking when he allowed it to be printed.

 

DaRuDe's picture

DaRuDe said Lets wait for Khalid ...

and his views on this.


 

ikei's picture

ikei said if you have tension ? no ...

if you have tension ? no problem use it......lol
(NOTE:- DON'T TRY)

 

sandeepkadian's picture

sandeepkadian said Looks like the editor was ...

Looks like the editor was angry with his maid today.. Not funny at all.

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Olive's picture

Olive said DaRude, he'll say the ...

DaRude, he'll say the housemaid isn't wearing hijab, therefore she's capable of anything because she's evil.

 

genesis's picture

genesis said Mohammed cartoons are never ...

Mohammed cartoons are never meant to be funny. Most of his work is dark altough sarcastic. I think it's badly translated, the intention is how cruel some sponsors treat their maids

 

Olive's picture

Olive said Then why is it justifying ...

Then why is it justifying the way the maids are treated? It seems like he's trying to portray the maids as evil.

 

rMs_000's picture

rMs_000 said It can be on either way ...

It can be on either way olive. Readers can chose which ever way they want!

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Olive's picture

Olive said I really don't see how it ...

I really don't see how it can be either way. Maid get's yelled at = poisoned child???? Little bit of overreaction by the maid I'd say.

 

rMs_000's picture

rMs_000 said It describes about the ...

It describes about the cruelty of some sponsors.. and devilish reaction of house maids. Editor doesn't show any partiality to both of them i say. So its neutral..

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Olive's picture

Olive said No Partiality??? Are we ...

No Partiality??? Are we looking at the same cartoon?? This cartoon is trivializing the abuse of housemaids by trying to justify it! A yell is equal to poison???? There is nothing neutral about this cartoon.

 

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tess_916 said No humor at all. ...

It's never funny to pick on a child out of revenge.

 

genesis's picture

genesis said olive ...

It's badly translated. The arabic term used meant verbally humiliated
Not a yell.

 

Amoud's picture

Amoud said I don't like this at ...

I don't like this at all.....

Even the bad translation doesn't cover what bad taste this is in.

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Olive's picture

Olive said Regardless genesis, there is ...

Regardless genesis, there is a big difference between verbally humiliating and poisoning a child in retaliation. This cartoon is justifying mis-treatment of maids and turning them into villains.

 

britexpat's picture

britexpat said The message is quite ...

The message is quite simple..

Abuse the maid and you risk her abusing the child


 

Olive's picture

Olive said Funny brit, I thought the ...

Funny brit, I thought the problem here was sponsors putting the maids in hospital, not the maids putting the children. If he wanted to represent this he could have done it many other ways besides villainizing the maid.

 

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PrinceOfDoha said agreed with brit ...

freinds atleast read whats written beside that ... its clear and simple ...

 

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Jo Naras said Whose the editor? How much ...

Whose the editor? How much he get paid to curse the maids??

“The fool speaks, the wise man listens”

 

genesis's picture

genesis said olive ...

It's not always the case. There are many reported maids abusing
Children cases, some are even caught on camera.
In my opinion, most of those cases are because how badly they
Were treated by their sponsors.

 

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Ines_pt said The message is clear and ...

The message is clear and simple as brit says, yet it is a black joke.

 

Olive's picture

Olive said As I see in the author is ...

As I see in the author is blaming the maids for their treatment.

 

tess_916's picture

tess_916 said Olive is right. Nothing ...

Olive is right. Nothing justifies abuse of housemaids on helpless kids, even out of revenge. The editors should have thought of something else to address the problems of domestic helpers, not like this.

 

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britexpat said Olive.. ...

the caption clearly says "your mum shouted at me today, just because I broke a plate" ..

Therefore the maid is feeling that she was unjustly abused by her employer.

Perhaps the translation from Arabic to English does not work. I do agree that it may have been better worded..

 

Olive's picture

Olive said There's a very big ...

There's a very big difference between shouting and poisoning a baby. If they were really addressing the issue rather then trying to justify it, the maid would have a black eye and not look like a villainous beast.

 

Arien's picture

Arien said Tha message is to the ...

Tha message is to the sponsors : Better treat them well or the kid will be the one suffering. Howz that???
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Yaseen905 said Oh my God! I CANNOT believe ...

Oh my God! I CANNOT believe that was printed. How on earth could they allow something like that??? Which ever angle they were going for, it is completely wrong of them to present the issue like this. For the maid. For the child. For the parents.

Disgusting...

 

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The Observer said Cong. guys! some of your ...

Cong. guys! some of your replies where quoted in the main page of one of the most visited blogs:
http://shabina.net/

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svelte_saggi said yay!QL~the international ...

yay!QL~the international voice of Qatar! \m/

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rMs_000 said "rMs_000 responded ...

"rMs_000 responded diplomatically:

It describes about the cruelty of some sponsors.. and devilish reaction of house maids. Editor doesn’t show any partiality to both of them i say. So its neutral..

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YAYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol..

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bstmomeva01 said I have heard stories such as ...

I have heard stories such as maids burning babies alive by placing them in ovens and and i have heard from a friend who's student's hands were burned when her maid/nanny placed them on the burning stove..Those maids did end up in jail, but not without a "cause"...yes so msg is simple, u abuse ur maids and ur risking ur children's lives.

 

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shreeya said And why the maid shown ...

And why the maid shown wearing a red dot on her forehead? Is he singling out certain nationality?

The fact is the maids come from many other nationalities too.

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shreeya said Ohhh, forget it, thats an ...

Ohhh, forget it, thats an old cartoon.

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FriedUnicorn said Bad taste. Some media guys are psychos... ...

Source:
- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)

 

tooba24's picture

tooba24 said Bad humour ...

This is something we can call "Bad Humour" Its portrayed in a bad way....the message is not clear..

by the way most house maids are the victim not the culprit and what I see everyday is that the Landlords treat them in a bad way.

 

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