Cartoon Blog

This cartoon is symbolic of the Tucson shooting, where six people were killed and a Congresswoman was seriously injured.  This is in the form of a board game conveying that violence is sometimes not viewed as seriously as it should be, and also it is a never ending cycle. It also shows the steps of extreme acts of violence and how it begins with blaming someone and the media hypes up certain situations. The cycle repeats because all of these steps subsequently lead to the beginning of the cycle again. It is interesting that they put it in a game setting. When someone lands on the "blame game" they choose from a spin wheel of what to blame showing that there is really no strategy when blaming. This cartoon shows how society is a giant never ending game and how the Tucson shooting will be forgotten about eventually when the next shooting comes around.