Thursday, June 21, 2012

Journal - Satire



I loved learning about Satire! Satire plays an important part in media today; because of the gradually shrinking distance between other societies and cultures in the world due to technology and internet. Using Satire; people are able to say what they want to say without being directly offensive and also is used to raise awareness of the plight or situation or bring to light something that isn’t well-known without worrying about consequences. I think there’s a limit though of what you can use satire and humor for; because some things are sacred or consecrated to a society or culture and making fun of it may draw their anger and hurt. For instant, the Danish publication of cartoons about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) those where absolutely defaming and many Muslims around the world began boycotting Danish products because Denmark would not apologize or didn’t show remorse for their actions; because that is what satire does; it hides the direct insult behind humor and exaggeration.

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