Satire+Explanation+for+Cartoon

Ignorance is bliss. The issue I want to address is that many young Americans, myself included, are unaware of international events. Recently Japan suffered a 9.0 magnitude earthquake follower by a tsunami. Many Japanese people are now homeless with only the clothes they were wearing at the time of the disaster.

Japan’s disaster has far reaching effects. Air quality reaching as far away as New England, has been polluted with radioactive materials. The sea has been tainted with radioactive iodine from the discharge of water to try to cool nuclear reactors. Authorities concede that radiation has spread 25 miles south of Fukushima nuclear plant.

I have shown how fear of heart attacks, using bandwagon ploy, plays into people’s choices. You will have a 42% decrease in the chance to have a heart attack if you eat fish; but, the sign fails to give all the information. The men studied ate 1.25 ounces of fish daily for over 30 years!

The cartoon uses ambiguous statistics attributed to authorities at Wageningen University. Score 60% to 70% better on tests, by consuming enough seafood to have “the highest levels of omega fatty acids” –Wafeningen University. The study and the sign posted failed to state what the “highest level” is or how much sea food you would need to achieve it.

This Cartoon is my way of poking fun at uninformed people who are attempting to eat healthy. Over the years beef has been branded as high fat, high sodium, and as containing steroids. The target is stereo type of a young couple that has taken in the message about beef being bad and seafood being good; and yet, they fail to weigh the health benefits in relation to what is currently happening with radiation. I have shown there fractured logic that sushi with radiation is better than beef with steroids. They fail to see the newspaper articles next to the restaurant and don’t make the connection with Japan’s disaster and possible radiation of the seafood there about to eat. In my perspective young Americans need to be more aware of world events by watching news, or reading the newspaper. Ignorance may be bliss, but knowledge is power.