A bit of humor for these trying times!
While the whole cartoon mess wages on, another victim of the furor has emerged, poor little Piglet, best mate of Pooh and Christopher Robin.
Background: This whole cartoon fracas is certainly making some interesting bedfellows and dividing the Kos community. The Communitarian Kossacks are on the same side as President Bush and the Pope about the cartoons, and the other half, call us the Libertarian Kossacks, are finding ourselves in the company of some real screwed up, right-wing nutjobs.
To find out more about the issue, I have visited a number of neo-con websites that I would normally never, ever, ever visit in real life. And what did I find was occupying all of the Neocon's time--they are waging a whole campaign to save Piglet!
Apparently, due to a complaint by a co-worker in the benefits department at Dudley Council, West Midlands, all staff were told to remove or cover up all pig-related items, including toys, porcelain figures, calendars and even a tissue box featuring Winnie the Pooh and Piglet.
In the resulting, enormous outrage an unusual assortment of animal welfare people, animal liberations, pig lovers and Piglet fans (our side) made an unholy alliance with the Neo-cons, anti-Islamics, anti-Jewish, anti-Kosherites and Fundamentalist Christians (their side) to "Save Piglet"
Now Neo-Con and Animal Lover websites are full of cartoons and paraphernalia in support of Piglet. See cartoons below:
Caption: Piglet Fights Back and this time he's not taking any more c-c-c-crap!
You can even purchase "Piglet the Crusader" shirts and underwear. (Really scary stuff).
Apparently at a large rally for Piglet at the Dudly Council Building, all the old Right Wing Nut Job mutton came out dressed as swine, and the Pig Lovers had many pigs in toe to oink their outrage. However, the council was not torched probably out of fear of one of the pigs getting roasted.
KOSSACK STRATEGY: My strategy is that if we can convice the Neo-Cons and Right-Wing Nut Jobs that all of Whinnie the Pooh's friends (Piglet, Eyor, Tigger, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga, Roo etc) are in dire peril, we can divert tonnes of Neo-Con and Nut Job energy and funds into campaigns to save them. This will free up the Kossack energies to regain control of all the local councils, parliaments and the White House/Congress. Now if we could only figure out how to convince the the Nut Jobs that Tigger and Eyor also need their help, time and money.
URGENT UPDATE: Apparently the Dudley Council, mooved, oinked, moved by these porcine proclamations has given piglet a repreive, and they will reconsider the motion to ban all boorish boarish materials at the next Council Meeting at which the dedicated herd of pig lovers, neo-cons and the pigs have again promised to attend in full force. Piglet has not said if he will attend.
PS: I p..p...p...p..personally l..l..l..l..ove p..p...p..p.p..Piglet and would p...p.p...p...probably have been at the p..p..p..protest, so don't b..b..b..blame me.