# The Onion - J'Accuse! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2005, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-jaccuse/323461 "2005-09-26T07:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-jaccuse/323461/61 "2005-10-05T14:19:20Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > Since the photo from the government website is cropped differently, I expect they just bought it from the same stock photo agency. > > –Cliffy Stock…photo…agency? All my illusions are shattered – I thought surely the government would show _real_ happy government workers! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-jaccuse/323461/62 "2005-10-05T14:56:27Z")
My new (perhaps all-time) favourite: **Bob Marley Rises From Grave To Free Frat Boys From Bonds Of Oppression** can be found [here](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/41242). Perfect timing, too, as the students swarm the streets outside my window. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-jaccuse/323461/63 "2005-10-05T20:12:58Z")
> [@cowgirl](#): > > There was another one that I can’t remember, having to do with allegations about oppression by The Man. The article contained something like “The Man reports that he was hurt by these allegations. ‘I had no idea people felt this way!’ The Man was quoted as saying …” Can anyone help? This one was from _Our Dumb Century_. Page 106: “‘The Man’ Hurt by Black Panther Accusations.’” > [@Rodgers01](#): > > I’m pretty sure there was also one linking the McCarthyism hysteria to Charlie McCarthy, the ventriloquist’s dummy, but I can’t seem to find it… You are thinking of an article that appears on page 56, “Thousands Dead After Radio’s Charlie McCarthy Calls For Mass Suicide.” No reference to senator Joseph McCarthy, this one is poking fun at the War of the Worlds hysteria. In _The Onion_’s universe, no one listened to that broadcast, since they were too busy taking the dummy’s advice to take their own life. It’s the only solution. Take your own life. It’s the only solution. Take your own life. It’s the only solution. Take your own life. It’s the only solution. Take your own life. It’s the only solution. Some of my favorites are the more unsual editorials, for example: [They Should Name An Ice Cream Treat After Me](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33578) and [Point/Counterpoint: Advertising.](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34150) (“Outdoor Advertising is a Blight on Our Society”/“I Just Wanted To Tell The Nice People About the Yogurt.”) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-jaccuse/323461/64 "2005-10-05T20:28:46Z")
The one I still find funniest is also from the post-9/11 issues. This time, Oct. 3, 2001: [A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28129) ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-jaccuse/323461/65 "2005-10-05T21:25:40Z")
> [@jweb](#): > > [My Anti-Drug is Alcohol](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33360) Oh, that was great. Usally since I end up doing the same thing every time I see those commericals. “My anti-drug is putting on fatiuges and training with my militia” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-jaccuse/323461/66 "2005-10-05T21:26:26Z")
> [@jweb](#): > > [My Anti-Drug is Alcohol](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33360) Oh, that was great. Usally since I end up doing the same thing every time I see those commericals. “My anti-drug is putting on fatiuges and training with my militia” Not that I do either, but that would make a funny commerical. ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-jaccuse/323461/67 "2005-10-06T02:48:31Z")
I can’t remember the headline, but there was one I really liked that was something like “Area Gay man Saves Children From Fire,” with lines in it like “He was taken to the local hospital and pronounced in stable condition, and gay.” “He’s the kind of man I’d want my children to grow up like…I mean, in terms of courage.” Every other sentence had to point out that he was gay. It was funny. And gay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-jaccuse/323461.md?page=3)