As I have mentioned before, globalisation can affect human rights. And thus in the face of negative effects, women and children become human sacrifices to globalisation. Another meaning that I have read into the cartoon is that when globalisation comes, man wants to reap all its benifits and women and children are overlooked.
This cartoon is called Globalisation's Diner.
http://home.ca.inter.net/~dmonet/cartoon/archive/v17.gif
From my intepretation, I feel that globalisation can bring many advantages to man through for example, improvements in technology and telecommunications. The Internet for example, connects the whole world together and one can learn about some far off country or communicate with a relative who is staying on a different continent just by a click of a button. As such, man has become the 'diner'. And as there are so many benefits, the 'diner' is seen 'sucking' up all the benefits like a vacuum cleaner. It can mean that man wants all these benefits so badly that he is just lapping it up and wants and strives to get more like a hungry diner.
This cartoon is called FREE TRADE my ass!
http://home.ca.inter.net/~dmonet/cartoon/archive/r05.gif
http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/political.htm
Although globalisation can bring about the notion of free trade among countries and states, it does not always happen. Some states and countries (for example the USA and members of the European Union) still hold on to some law (like subsidies for example) which do not equal to the promised free trade. As such, the cartoonist is expressing his disgust and irritation about these empty promises by giving the cartoon the title "FREE TRADE my ass!" and by drawing, well, an ass. Furthermore, the words free trade are in capitals, this shows that he is pretty angry about this issue and wants to bring the readers attention to free trade, therefore he emphasizes the words.
-mused by Chuang Ying Xuan, Political ExpertLabels: Globalisation and Politics
