What should happen to this racist savage?

[d9f1c7]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...world-europe-17749533
Bang goes the Swedish reputation for tolerant Liberalism!

[anotheoldgit]

/// Artist Makode Linde placed his own head at the top of the
cake ///

Blimey and then he is going on about Female Circumcision.

http://news.bbcimg.co...09180_racistcake1.jpg

[naomi24]

//The cake was in the shape of the naked upper body of an African woman and was filled with a blood-red sponge.//

And this was meant to highlight the issue of female circumcision? Sod racism! What a disgustingly tasteless (definitely no pun intended) piece of 'artwork'!

[emmie]

tasteless indeed.

[sandyRoe]

Not quite as tasteless as the Turner prize winner who fashions his creations from elephant poo.

[naomi24]

You don't think so Sandy?

[sandyRoe]

You're right. I'm wrong. This cake plumbs the depths of tastelessness.

[naomi24]

Yes, it does. This man isn't racist - he's stupid!

[andy-hughes]

d9f1c7 - as you are discovering, one of the major drawbacks of written communication is that intended irony and sarcasm can sometimes be completely missed.

On the occasions where i have posted misinterpereted messages, I have been happy to accept the responsibility as mine - maybe what i intended as irony has simply been missed.

On this occasion, a number of posters, myself included, have missed the angle of your post - only AOg appears to have received it in the sopirit in which it was transmitted.

I guess we can all chalk this one up to experience.

[tamborine]

call it sir-cum-cision

[DTCwordfan]

//This cake plumbs the depths of tastelessness.// Yes,but if full of strawberries, I bet it taste good. I'm amazed at how naïve politicians can be when it comes to such "photo-opps."

[AB Editor]

"You're right. I'm wrong. This cake plumbs the depths of tastelessness."

For a moment I thought you were suggesting the icy was held on with plum jam - which indeed would have lowered my disapproval of the cake even further.

[naomi24]

Andy, I can't see the joke. Sorry.

[naomi24]

Actually, no, I'm not sorry. There's nothing funny about it whatsoever.

[andy-hughes]

naomi - no need to apologise to me - I can't see the joke either, as I was pointing out.

[AB Editor]

Can anyone get at what the artists was trying to say?

Does his comment say "I like doing interpretations black form in my art so I did one here as usual" - and thus the colour and potential dodgy overtones should be disregarded?

At which point we're left with what exactly? A nasty cake?

[naomi24]

Andy, I wasn’t apologising to you as such. I realised you couldn’t see the joke either. ‘Sorry’ was just a figure of speech – but I thought I ought to clarify it – and then it was misunderstood. Oh Gawd! Must try harder! ;o)

[chaptazbru]

Quite weird in my opinon - can't see how it helps the plight of the women.

[emmie]

chapta it doesn't, not in any way. I am glad that i wasn't the only one
not to get it, sorry if it seems as though i wasn't seeing the joke.

[chaptazbru]

Not a joke in my eyes em.

[naomi24]

Ed, I’ve no idea what the artist was trying to say – but he should have thought before he ‘spoke’.

Em, Don’t be sorry for not seeing the joke. If there is a joke here, it’s a sick one.