# Tibet Cartoons **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910 "2008-03-19T04:10:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/1 "2008-03-19T04:10:16Z")
See [here](http://2bangkok.com/stephff-tibet.shtml). From our local international-award-winning cartoonist Stephff. Some really good ones. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/2 "2008-03-19T06:29:01Z")
I like the one of the Tibetan relay guy trying to get the Olympic flame from the Chinese to light the torch of liberty. neat. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/3 "2008-03-19T06:33:38Z")
The horns were my fave ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/4 "2008-03-19T22:25:09Z")
I don’t understand the third one. Loved the horns. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/5 "2008-03-19T22:40:33Z")
[QUOTE=Booker57] I don’t understand the third one. Loved the horns. [/QUOTE] A reference to Abu Ghraib. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/6 "2008-03-20T01:59:34Z")
Looks like a couple of new ones have been added. I like the Great Wall as snake. Again, the link is [here](http://2bangkok.com/stephff-tibet.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/7 "2008-03-22T01:15:09Z")
And two more new ones added [at the bottom](http://2bangkok.com/stephff-tibet.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/8 "2008-03-22T02:30:22Z")
All right, this has been bugging me since I first saw it. The (currently) third from the last cartoon shows a monk which has been shot by a Chinese soldier. The monk is surrounded by what I assume is supposed to be blood, which a large hole in his chest and his arms and legs splayed out in what seems to be rather unnatural positions. Is there some symbolism to this that I’m missing here? Or am I just overthinking this? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/9 "2008-03-22T02:53:03Z")
I was wondering that, too, but I’m not up on Tibetan symbolism. My guess is no, there’s no symbolism. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/10 "2008-03-22T03:15:20Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] I was wondering that, too, but I’m not up on Tibetan symbolism. My guess is no, there’s no symbolism. [/QUOTE] Yeah, there’s [symbolism.](http://sebgray.wordpress.com/category/logo/)Not Tibetan, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Blushing\_Battleaxe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Blushing\_Battleaxe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blushing_Battleaxe)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/11 "2008-03-22T04:00:43Z")
[2008 Summer Olympics logo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/12 "2008-03-22T10:26:08Z")
[QUOTE=Blushing Battleaxe] [2008 Summer Olympics logo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics) [/QUOTE] Damn, you beat me to it. :smack: I logged on specifically because I finally remembered where I’d seen that shape before. Kept thinking I’d seen it somewhere, and it finally hit me this afternoon. So much for my guesses. I should have recognized it sooner, because we saw it everywhere in Beijing last May. In front of I think it’s the China National Museum, or maybe the building next to it, there’s a big sign with the logo erected, and the “heart” is pulsing red. Not being a fan of the Olympics, I hadn’t given it much thought since leaving the city. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/13 "2008-03-22T16:28:40Z")
I had been only vaguely aware that the Olympics were going to be in China this year. I remember hearing about the decision of the IOC, partly because Chicago has been trying to have the Summer Olympics there for quite a while, but hadn’t been tracking it much in recent years so I hadn’t seen anything with the logo on it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/14 "2008-03-22T17:03:28Z")
I believe Lhasa is on the route of the Olympic torch. That could be interesting when it passes through town there. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/15 "2008-03-22T23:48:22Z")
[It’s still on the route](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7304369.stm). Someone running the torch in the West could be a stinker and wear a Tibetan flag shirt and there wouldn’t be much the PRC could do about it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/16 "2008-03-23T02:11:39Z")
Don’t be so sure. They’re getting more and more belligerent about Tibet by the day. It would not surprise me if they nabbed such a runner. As important as they consider the Olympics, their grip on Tibet is much more important to them. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/17 "2008-03-31T02:57:55Z")
And there are two new Tibet cartoons on the page, at the top this time. Again, that link is [here](http://2bangkok.com/stephff-tibet.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/18 "2008-04-11T03:25:00Z")
Bumping this up because there are three new cartoons at the top. Again, the link is [here](http://2bangkok.com/stephff-tibet.shtml). I especially like the second one. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/19 "2008-04-11T03:56:13Z")
The one in the middle (tanks running down the track to the Unknown Rebel) is now my desktop background. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910/20 "2008-04-11T12:16:12Z")
More than one runner has tried to wear a Tibetan flag only to have it snatched off by the ‘men in blue’ or Chinese Paramilitary torch guard/thugs. When in happened in Paris the runner was allowed to run but without the offending flag. When in happened in SanFran the runner was removed from the relay and pushed into the crowd and out of the street. The Australian prime minister has said the torch relay is welcome, the men in blue - not on Australian soil. The Chinese leaders have threatened the Tibetans that if there is any disturbance when the relay passes through Tibet, they will show ‘no mercy’. Because that’s what it’s been up till now apparently, mercy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibet-cartoons/441910.md?page=2)