中國熊貓
panda2008。老鼠漫畫
這是五月十四號克利夫蘭報紙 The Plain Dealer 貼的漫畫。畫的標題是“鼠年”，畫上是一隻大老鼠身上標著“中國”，尾巴上標著“地震”，老鼠在說“現在，我們怎麽才能把這件事怪到達賴喇嘛身上？” (Now, how can we pin this on the Dalai Lama?)
看到這張漫畫的華人紛紛提出抗議， The Plain Dealer 已經將這張漫畫撤下來。請給下列這些地方送去你的想法，要求作者和報紙公開道歉。請注意語氣，有理有節，短短一兩句即可。不要謾罵，“辱罵和恐嚇絕不是戰鬥”，要讓人家覺得我們是有道理的。
1 ．寄給報紙編輯的申訴信 , 在這裏填表 : http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/lettertoeditor.ssf.
2 ．漫畫家 Jeff Darcy 的電子郵件： jdarcy@plaind.com.
3 ．報紙的讀者代表 Ted Diadiun 的電子郵件： tdiadiun@plaind.com.
當地華人團體準備聯合簽名送出的信：
Dear Ms. Susan Goldberg,
As joint response of various Chinese immigrants and students organizations in greater Cleveland area, we would like to tell you how appalled and saddened we are by the publication of the May 14th Editorial Cartoon in Plain Dealer depicting China as an ugly giant rat with its tail broken by an earthquake, preoccupied with how to blame Dalai Lama for the disaster. The cartoon clearly refers to the recent earthquake in the
To be sure, we understand that the cartoonist, Mr. Jeff Darcy, played on the fact that this is the year of rat in the Chinese Zodiac, and that, according to him, he uses rat “as an appropriate symbol for an oppressive evil government and an evil earthquake”. In the following, we will attempt to show why his cartoon is offensive to the Chinese immigrant community at large and why he should offer an apology.
First of all, right off bat, Jeff misunderstood what Rat, which is on top of the Chinese Zodiac, symbolizes. Instead of being evil, Rat is as intelligent and hardworking as any animal and these traits may well be appreciated by a people of a different land. When Jeff wrote
Secondly, about the Chinese government. The fact is that since the earthquake struck
Finally, showing this cartoon two days after the quake, while your readers watched with horror the human tragedy unfolding across the TV screens and printed media, and keeping it on the web for several more days until protests erupted shows a crippling insensitivity on the part of Plain Dealer to human sufferings in a distant land. While Jeff has a right to express his view, he also has a journalist’s professional obligation to be fair, objective, and free of bias and stereotyping. We are sure that Jeff is a compassionate person sensitive to the feeling of others and the Plain Dealer is run by like minded people; we would just like the paper to show it by offering the Chinese community at large a sincere apology.
千萬不能夠沉默！謝謝你們的抗議！
It helps me recall those unhappy days in Cleveland where certain citizens are biased and partial. My personal experience there is nothing compared to such kind of cruelty. It's a shame.
西方的人權自由真是讓人不寒而栗。。。他們的人權是把幽默建立在別人的痛苦上麵。