Saturday, October 24, 2009

RANDOM COINCIDENCE OR DELIBERATE CARICATURE?



The picture on the right contains two images that bear an uncanny resemblance. Contained in the left upper inset is a promotional image used in advertising the latest update of episodes to "Mafia Wars: Moscow," an online Facebook game. Within the bottom right half of the photo is a profile headshot of Vladimir Putin, the former Russian president. Now, we know that Putin served in the KGB (Russian intelligence) prior to being elected president in 1999.

But, to suggest the resemblance is deliberate is a bit of a stretch---not least because what he exactly did while in the KGB remains up for debate (and speculation). Still it does provide some food for thought....

[Note: the Mafia Wars promotional image was retrieved from the following link: http://mwfb.static.zynga.com/mwfb/graphics/mw_promo_moscow_final_228x110_01.gif and the photo of Vladamir Putin was retrieved from this link: http://werichanel.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/vladimir_putin_15_time.jpg.]