![[0089] Woo Has A Dream](http://www.sandraandwoo.com/comics/2009-08-27-[0089]-woo-has-a-dream.png "[0089] Woo Has A Dream")
This strip is a tribute to Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech which he hold 45 years ago, on 28 August 1963, in front of the capitol in Washington D. C.
- Woo: I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.
- Woo: It is a dream deeply rooted in every living being.
- Woo: I have a dream that one day mankind will rise up and live out the true meaning of its binomial name Homo sapiens: “The cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works.”
I have a dream that one day on the green hills of Wisconsin, the sons of passionate hunters will get rid of their spring traps and sit down to watch a group of playing young foxes.
I have a dream that my cubs will one day live in a world where they will not be judged by the sales price of their pelt, but by the agility of their paws.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day even the country of Brazil, a country sweltering with the heat of its burning rainforests, sweltering with the heat of corruption, will be transformed into a society of conservationists.
I have a dream that one day, over there in China, with its dreadful fur farms, with its dirty factories poisoning plants, animals and people; one day right over there in China, little Han boys and little Tibetan girls will be able to join hands in a country in which every creature is treated with respect.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day mankind will stop discharging raw sewage into rivers and overfishing the sea, so that George W. Bush’s great words will finally become true and human beings and fish will be able to coexist peacefully.
- Woo: This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the North with. And if man is to be creation’s crowning glory, this dream must become true!
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all the words that said a racoon, inspire me…
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If only.
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Now if only we could get it to happen, and quickly at that.
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If anybody would promote in his comic that Han Chinese and Tibetans should kill each other and the environment should be destroyed on purpose, I would certainly stop reading that comic.
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No humor? Try imagining Martin Luthor King Jr.’s voice coming out of Woo. I found that very funny.
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Mm, sanctimonious.
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… Is it true that “coon” is a derogatory slur for African-Americans? I heard about it from the Forrest Gump movie… XP
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Does the strip makes fun of George W. Bush?
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@ ColdFusion: No one is forcing you to read this comic. If you don’t like it, then don’t read it.
Pizzasgood: “Try imagining Martin Luthor King Jr.’s voice(…)”
Martin Luther King, Jr. was *not* a DC Super-villain!
BarGamer: “… Is it true that ‘coon’ is a derogatory slur for African-Americans? I heard about it from the Forrest Gump movie… XP”
Unfortunately, yes. However, that seems to be true only in the deepest-of-the-Deep South these days. In the more populous (and, let’s face it, civilized) regions that term is considered rude, passe and…well…uncivilized.
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I respect any and all political views that any person has to offer. And his dream itself is quite appealing. Can you tell me what the exact words George W. Bush said? Personally, I’m Independent. I give any one person a chance before labeling them with any deragatory terms. Laymans terms to who doesn’t know what I’m saying,
What’d Bush say? XD
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Cloud’s Totally Woo’s bodyguard by the way! XP
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Heh, I actually imagined the powerful voice of MLK in Woo’s body, saying those exact words.
It sounded pretty cool if you ask me. I wish that this could actually make a difference, though.
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Just… perfect. I mean, yeah, no humor, no witty punchline, no funny bits. But who says a comic is made of humor only?
I’m from Brazil, and felt deeply moved by what you said. I long for that too, but, given the current situation, I don’t know if that change is going to happen so soon, if at all. You see, people from here are, generally, just too accomodated to actually DO something about it, instead of just talking.
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And the punchline is…….:
Woo is dreaming
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I’ve been reading this comic since around the beginning (not ever since it first started, but close-ish). I’ve always noticed a bit of an environmentalist theme, so a comic like this doesn’t phase me too much. I mean, I prefer the funny, but whatever.
However, I do think that “ColdFusion’s” point is still valid. This comic is pretty heavy handed with the preachy, which could get old really fast if done to often. And honestly, it’s pretty rude to basically tell someone to go away just because they have a different opinion than yours (you know who you are).
Personally, there are a few comics/things that I let get away with that, such as “Calvin and Hobbes.” This comic reminds me a lot of Bill Waterson’s masterpiece, so maybe that’s why I’m okay with this.
In case you’re wondering, I pretty much agree with everything in this particular comic.
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I agree with the underlying point, but…
“Anvilicious”. Look it up.
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I like Woo’s dream. Technically, people who trap are called trappers, not hunters, but that’s a small thing. Most of the dream, to me, is wonderful.
I have to add, however, that Brazil is actually doing a good job protecting its rainforests compared to what Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and other north central states have done to the tallgrass prairie. The American tallgrass prairie is far more endangered than rainforests.
And we Americans are still destroying the tiny scraps of tallgrass prairie that are left, and our Farm Bill still pays tax dollars to farmers who destroy them. And the tallgrass prairie isn’t the only example. When it comes to rare ecosystems, we Americans, especially as the richest nation on earth, are not doing well. We should get our own house in order if we want to preach effectively to Brazil.
Obviously, none of this whatsoever is Woo’s fault. Go, Woo!
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So what does one do when the only way to protect the environment is to destroy the animals that are causing said damage?
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In answer to S_L_N if the damage to the peculiar enviroment are done by animal released in the place from stupid human idea [see rabbits in Australia] then it is a case of correcting said mistake.
In any other case the best decision is to let nature do its job. As an example the Yellowstone park was in origin just left alone without any kind of human intervention, and everything was fine. Only when people started meddling with the natural things [like fires, various predators an preys] things went downhill.The big hhuman problem is thinking that the Natural Enviroment should be static… that’s the farthest thing from the truth. So a lot of conservations effort are quite misaimed. [I'm not saying that there should be no effort towards reducing human impact on the enviroment, let it be clear, just that the focal point should be curtailing HUMAN exagerated impact on the enviroment.]
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Honestly, if thine eye offend you, pluck it out: and if a website is not for you, you can stop reading it. Yes, truly, this is the interenet and you can go away. “Away” is one single click away!
This webcomic seems aimed at the same people who liked DC Simpson’s strips: Ozy and Millie, I Drew This, and Raine Dog.
I like them, I like this strip, and I sincerely hope that Powree and Oliver Knörzer don’t take one person’s grumbles as a sign they should change the way they make it. There’re enough trite, joke-a-day strips out there that a thoughtful one is to be treasured, not condemned.
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Ohhh…cute deer.
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Erm…punch line. Let’s see. I saw this one the other day and thought it was very funny…
“A bus station is where buses stop.
A train station is where trains stop.
They call my desk a work station.”
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@reynard61: um, how do you know this? i live in the “deep south” and that term is not spoken as much as you might think here, but i have heard it being used as far north as Detroit. in the end, it’s spread out and still rude and a fight starter.
@BobisOnlyBob: i agree that the anvils are raining down in the comic thick and fast.
I see this eco debate as this. the enviromentalist would not have as much problems if they just absorb some heavy shot of realism in their way of thinking. The most voical and largest numbers of them are wide eye idealist in their thoughts and directions. Even some of them have gotten so bad that they have become as zelot and crazed as jihadist. Eco-terrorism is a growing danger in the world.
Humanity and Advanced Industial civilization is not the problem, but it can be the cure for the world if correctly used. You just have to understand the nature of humanity as a whole as well as a good grip on world history and the general limits and capablitys of science and technogany. Instead of fighting progress, tearing down what we have made, and general regressing what we are and how we live, just ride it and slowly nudge it in a better direction. Going backwards is not an option, but that does not mean everything has to go down hill either.
i’m tired, it’s late where i am, and this is my 2 cents for now.
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It’s a shame I can’t take this seriously. I’m pretty sure it’s the ridiculous nature of the notion that we should stop hunting, of all things. I mean, I know there are other more important points raised, but I keep thinking about just how ridiculous the beginning is.
We could start legalizing laws to hunt more humanely, but, I mean.. I don’t know. It’s hard.
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Very nice!
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@ KBF
I dont think hunting can be any more humane without making it pointless in the first place (ei Costs, destroying the meat ect)
If you think that it’s ridiculous that a raccoon is standing up against cruel hunting methods, then you should think again!
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“I have a dream that one day even the country of Brazil,
A country sweltering with the heat of its burning forests,
Sweltering with the heat of corruption,
Will be transformed into a society of conservationists.”
Ouch! The truth really hurts!
On a side note: shouldn’t it read “46 years ago”? Ok, it is not 28 August yet, but…
It’s a very beautiful and touching comic. Congratulations.
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Amen Woo, Amen.
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@ Tomas: “Raccoons do not talk.”
…Please tell me you’re joking.
@ Tomas:
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<(((((((((( ) ( \./ -- Please stop spreading lies!
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-dramatic anime thumbs up-
It may not be as funny as some of the other strips,but I still found it witty and inspirational,and there’s nothing wrong with that.
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hmmm, is he dreaming?
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Ooh, nice ASCII-coon.
Does anyone else notice how close the Shadow is to Cloud’s height?
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Ok, I know most of the people this comment is directed to won’t come back and read this, or get this far, but all the people complaining about the comic lacking humor and taking a political view, isn’t that up to the creator? I mean, if you don’t like where the comic is going, no one is forcing you to read it (at least I hope not, that would destroy a comic no matter the humor or political lean). This is a comic. Its a medium for the artist and author to express their thoughts through, no one is trying to force an opinion down anyone’s throat.
@ Tom Flapwell: Yeah, sometimes Powree is drawing Shadow a bit large. In this particular instance I guess that she didn’t want to draw his black nose in front of Woo’s black tail.
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A wonderful dream; maybe some day the vision will come true, but…
…, how does that address predation between predator & prey?
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Actually, in this case I think Cloud was just drawn a little bit short, probably to fit under the speech balloon. But hey, it’s a comic where animals have whipped-cream fights, so no worries.
Dewi Morgan wrote: “This webcomic seems aimed at the same people who liked DC Simpson’s strips: Ozy and Millie, I Drew This, and Raine Dog.”
I’d rather compare my political views with that of Bill Watterson (“Calvin and Hobbes”) and Tatsuya Ishida (“Sinfest”) than that of D.C. Simpson.
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The next speaker could be Calvin and Hobbes, I bet they would LOVE to join Woo in this quest
.I love this, very nice tribute. For this comic A.L. said it all,
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“-dramatic anime thumbs up-
It may not be as funny as some of the other strips,but I still found it witty and inspirational,and there’s nothing wrong with that.”
unquote.
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Not really that funny… art dont deal with politics, politics deal with art. The form gives the content. blah blah somthing something.
too much literal, you just should draw martin luther king dealing with today problems, I really dont get (history of) “racist” based comics. In my country we were the first aboiling slavery, check it in Google Chile+slavery, what is ironic is that the african slaves leave right after that so the percentage of black people is almost 0,5% so while we are not racist we are not fond of colour people (colour people are “foraigners”) so when someone black shows in the streets the people kept looking him wondering if he is from jamaica, brazil or USA needles to say business and “serious” people love African$Americans, while some common people sees them as less “american” and thats also good cause a lot of people despice americans and their politics, other than that you could say in Chile we love colour people because they are cool, the same way americans think Latino lovers are cool.
So we are steps ahead in that way… but we also were the first in killing Gay people by trowing them to the sea so……. and after all every latin american country s guilty of killing their indians, Argentinian are in the first place by erradicating any form of pre-hispanic culture, In chile after the spanish inmigrants (from spain civil war) and the german inmigration (by the worl war II) we are once again forgeting our creole culture. By god`s sake german people runs our south country farms!!! they learned to make the best beer ever though
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tl;dr
XD sorry =/
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Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! I just remebered!!!!
Idealists are always closer to moralist, they always turn into facist or are being killed by facists……..
Malcom X anybody? Che Guevara?
the capitol have way too many places to hide a sniper
DONT LET THEM KILL WOO, GIVE CLOUD A GOD DAMN SWORD FOR LOVE OF ALLAH!
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Inspiring speech…too bad that most of the people there must be there because of the fact that Woo is a talking Racoon.
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He’s like MLKJ only MLKJ was real and woo isn’t
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The inherent problem with this strip is that it takes Woo completely out of his character. A sentient raccoon who lives alternatively in the wild or as a house pet is simply not going to have the ability to conceptualize Brazil or China or human warfare or anything outside of his immediate environment. Suspension of belief and all that, but this is pushing it.
Here is one animal who has a less sentimental view of nature:
http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00191.htm
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That strip inspired me! When I grow up, I want to blow up Brasilia’s senate!
XD
The saddest thing is that Brazil is, truly, becomming a legend for it’s corruption… there are so many beauties here, the country is developing well, but WHERE IS THE MONEY? In some senator’s briefs, for sure…
=/
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“I have a dream!
One day, all critters will recognize how dangerous roads are and will be born with knowledge on how to avoid all vehicles that traverse it.”
Seemed the appropriate place to say it. After all, I was saddened to see yet another raccoon “sleeping” along the winding roads, this afternoon. We just don’t have too many around, as it is.
@Long Tom: Woo was established almost from the get-go to have speech capacity, much to the shock of others. Others just seemed to follow suit.
“Dream on! Dream until the dream comes true!”
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@ jup-reindeer: You missed my point. It’s not that Woo can speak, but that he could possibly have such knowledge about the world and human affairs. The medieval peasant, for instance, who has learned only what life was like in his immediate home area, would not have been able to understand what life was like anywhere else in the world.
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Now Its Time to CHANGE! XD
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@Long Tom: Two letters: TV. Also, he could learn a lot about the world from Sandra and her dad, or just by wandering around the park listening in on other people’s conversations.
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Good dream Woo, too bad Racoons are so tasty. I’m a carnivore so while I can appreciate an intelligent animal it won’t stop me from eating member of his/her species… Just him/her.
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http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2009/02/26/0037-squirrel-meat/
And even that doesn’t always stop some people…
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Blech… politics… Politics make me sick.
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I can definitly agree with the part about needing to stop dumping waste into the rivers and lakes. People drink out of those!
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@ Long Tom:
Resolved simple enough. It’s the 21’st Century cheat that Hollywood has taken a firm hold upon. A raccoon that can speak can (of course) read. (Why not?) And, the raccoon has “hands”. Hince, Woo learns via the internet. (Amongst other sources.) If movie FBI can learn tips by snooping the net and private/police detectives can Google information, then Woo can Yahoo world politics and what-not.
Now, if Woo were on an island without any technology, then of course, he shouldn’t have a clue what the main land, a thousand miles away, should be like or what’s going on…
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Grandpa’s Axe. Had a new thought on this one.
“That’s Grandpa’s axe. Had to replace the handle twice and the head once.”
“Well, it isn’t Grandpa’s axe anymore is it?”
“Maybe, but what would I have if I didn’t start with Grandpa’s Axe? A bunch of trees and no way to chop them down.”
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@tudza … kind of like terry pratchett’s take on the idea, with a guy who’s kept the same broom for almost 50 years. He’s had to replace the head several times, and once or twice change the handle, but conceptually/spiritually … same broom. Perhaps if the “new” parts are done piecemeal, and have time to bed in and be imbued with a sense of togetherness with the older pieces, they take on the same essence? And can carry it through even when all the original ones are lost? Sort of how a society continues, with children being born, elderly people passing on and accidents/disease happening, but it’s still “the same” group of people after 100 years. When it comes down to computers (and people) though, I take a slightly different view; as it’s a persons mind, personality, memories and to a lesser extent their face that makes them “the same” throughout much of their life even as the body cells renew and even some pieces may be transplanted or replaced by artificial ones… and the neurons and underlying bone/tendon/muscle structure doesn’t cycle anywhere near so much. It can be sort of analogous to the cpu and hard disc of your computer, and the “face” that it presents via the OS and major software installed on it. Make a great deal of changes to that, at least without transferring all the data over verbatim, and it can seem like a much different machine.
For cars, the bodyshell and chassis is where it’s at. Change that more than in a trifling manner and it’s just not the same any more, independent of what you might do to the engine, suspension, wheels, interior etc…
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agh, i’d meant to put a comment on this as well
perhaps it’s that it takes a raccoon standing up to make everyone listen and actually pay attention to this which needs to be said?
but if you’re not already familiar and comfortable with this strip occasionally having an environmental / moral soapbox, a/ you haven’t been here long, b/ time for an archive trawl, c/ maybe not for you unless you’re after challenging your horizons. There are far worse viewpoints that the authors could hold forth on, other than peace love and understanding…
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CHA! Fie on thee, lack of edit button.
Does his doing an MLK type speech mean that he’s in imminent danger of being assassinated by some hacked off, narrow minded hunter?
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What? Nobody saw the joke? “will not be judged by the color of their pelts but by the agility of their paws”! Let me paraphrase: “Trash, trash; the magical boot(y). The less you’re seen the better you loot. The better you loot, the better you feel; now you’re ready for another steal.”
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i wonder if anyone’s noticed that would be 46 years…
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Btw., in the last two decades or so China has reforested 33% more than Brazil has deforested.
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I lol’d at the Bush reference.
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This is my dream too! ^_^
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Wow! That was… that was epic!!