For those of you that want to learn about Mafalda, our hero:
www.quino.com.ar
One of the most revered cartoons across the whole continent
David
-----Mensaje original-----
De: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] En
nombre de ignacio dalton
Enviado el: Viernes, 22 de Septiembre de 2006 15:39
Para: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Asunto: Re: [xmca] state of affairs?
Let me say that things are not going well in the whole Latin America!
Argentinian cartoonist " Joaquin Lavado a.k.a "Quino" , created in 1960 a
character named Mafalda, a girl aged 6-8 years old who thinks about the
world and current situations in Argentina, the Vietman War, presidents,
bureaucracy, etc, etc.
Yeap! she can teach us to think about the current situation in Latin
America and around the globe!
David Preiss <davidpreiss@uc.cl> wrote:
Things aren't going well in Venezuela either, I guess.
I lived there for 10 years, and it is hard to see how fast the
democratic institutions disappeared because of the political parties'
corruption, large-scale social inequalities and lack of leadership.
Please, don't see in Chavez a decent leadership. The guy is a shame
for latin america as well.
Alas! It is not easy to find a decent leader in the whole assembly of
the UN either. There is a famous Argentinian cartoonist which created
a famous character Mafalda. I wish she were translated to english.
Most of her political irony, although made decades ago, applies
nicely to these days.
On Sep 21, 2006, at 8:44 PM, bb wrote:
> He's Chavez' devil, sir,
> evolved since Jabez Stone.
> And poor old Daniel Webster
> can't send back this one.
>
> We've made our deal,
> we're all going to hell.
> Tho our votes weren't real,
> and the devil can't spell.
>
> Against Webster's orality
> there's "fool me once, shame on you".
> Better face our damned mortality,
> the remaining days of freedom are few.
>
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