This is a hilarious cartoon! Sometimes it seems that the only religion safe to ridicule is christianity, everything else is like walking on eggshells. I see quite a disparity in which religion gets the brunt of ridicule. Now if we can be humorous about islam, buddhism and any religion, I think we all would get along a lot better. One of my old favorites on the net is the philosophy of each religion using the word "Shit" in it. i.e. Protestants-you deserve this shit, Catholics- I feel guilty about this shit, Hindus-Is this shit happening again, Buddhists-This shit doesn't exist, Muslims-This shit is Allah's will and the Jews- Why does this shit always happen to me! ;-)

its an't funny or offending. its 2007 not 1900. just shows the cartoonist prejudice.

i laughed as well. too bad they couldn't work in a foreign policy joke. You could have done a lot with his proposition for a separate Palestinian state in either Egypt or Saudi Arabia.

You know what the most amusing part is, the puppet jumping into the fire in the second image, for that part of humor, I forgive Ted Rall. :)

both

amused because of the cartoonist's wit and research he has done

annoyed because even the VHP/RSS don't buy turtle/serpent, sati logic anymore and have moved on, yet the west still sees India as the land of snake charmers and elephants...

Is it wrong of me to not be offended but instead amused?

Actually I found it quite amusing too. The cartoonist is Ted Rall and nothing is sacred for him.

As an ex-hindu atheist, all I can say is “word!”.

Atheist or agnostic?

As an ex-hindu atheist, all I can say is "word!".

Is it wrong of me to not be offended but instead amused?
( the amusement is partly at the ideas of Hinduism represented in the cartoon) :-)