tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post8379256590760412564..comments2024-03-18T04:36:26.547-04:00Comments on Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress: LA Woman Could Be Charged with 'Battery" for Pepper Spray - How About UC-Davis Cops?Paul Levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-37374898944963056142011-11-27T21:45:06.883-05:002011-11-27T21:45:06.883-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.James F. McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561146722461747647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-9716129481162810812011-11-27T21:44:22.927-05:002011-11-27T21:44:22.927-05:00I think the aim is to take what could be a scary i...I think the aim is to take what could be a scary image of authority terrifying people into subjection, and poke fun and ridicule, as one way of robbing that authority of its power to scare and intimidate.<br /><br />If it were just humor I am sure I would share your reservations. But I feel that this meme may be something more, mockery of a sort that is important and necessary in such circumstances.James F. McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561146722461747647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-60530411823034274082011-11-26T19:35:54.743-05:002011-11-26T19:35:54.743-05:00Thanks, James. And there's also this prehisto...Thanks, James. And there's also this <a href="http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2011/11/uc-davis-lt-pike-pepperspray-blogging.html" rel="nofollow">prehistoric cave painting</a> of the pepper-spraying cop, which somehow just surfaced ...<br /><br />I guess I have mixed feelings about this humor. That is, I can see the humor, but I can't really enjoy it, because the pepper spraying of the students is such a grievous matter.<br /><br />Anyway, congrats on the deft image-making.Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-48795035822702889902011-11-26T19:22:51.209-05:002011-11-26T19:22:51.209-05:00There are Doctor Who (I made this image myself) an...There are <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2011/11/doctor-who-and-the-pepper-spraying-daleks.html" rel="nofollow">Doctor Who (I made this image myself)</a> and <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2011/11/pepper-spray-and-star-wars-may-the-excessive-force-not-be-with-you.html" rel="nofollow">Star Wars</a> images satirizing the pepper-spraying cop, which you may or may not appreciate...James F. McGrathhttp://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/noreply@blogger.com