Laughing At Evil – Labor Activists Launch ‘Push Bibi’ Game

There can be no subject more serious than the events last week in Paris. World leaders gathered in a million-strong vigil against terror. And yet, pundits always manage to find something to poke fun at and jesters can always be found even in the darkest of times.

After all, that was what Charlie Hebdo died for; the right to laugh at evil and the power in that laugh to pull Satan’s teeth. There have already been several attempts to find humor in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris.

Yair Lapid criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu for showing the world the ugly Israeli, pushing his way to the head of the line. He tried to expand the analogy,extrapolating it to the realm of foreign affairs. Others had a more light-hearted approach and made a video game out of it.

In the video game, “Push the Bibi,” the players try to get Netanyahu through the crowd and to camera-ready position next to other world leaders. If he makes it successfully, the Bibi avatar pumps his fist in triumph, a goof on Netanyahu’s own fist pump from the march. It’s all fun and games, but actually it isn’t. The creators of the game were listed as The Zionist Camp Youth, a left-wing political moniker. And as such, the game over message reads, ““Game over – don’t try again. When Bibi wins, everyone else loses. We need a different leadership – one that will put Israel in the front row, even without pushing.”

If you have a minute to waste time, and believe me, it is a waste, you can play the game at this link:

http://hooliganspro.co.il/push_bibi/

I suggest you turn of the sound before you go to the site as it is annoying, perhaps intentionally so. It is also without a doubt the most pointless video game I have ever encountered, also perhaps intentionally so.

Another noteworthy poke that came out of the anti-terrorist vigil in Paris was a photobomb of Mahmoud Abbas’ creepy smile. The gathering in Paris was an overwhelmingly serious event. In the lineup of somber leaders, Abbas’ smile was absurdly out of place. I am sure that many can attribute a hidden (or perhaps not-so-hidden) meaning to his smile, but it certainly ranks with putting a whoopee cushion in a coffin and then shaking hands with the widow while concealing a buzzer in your hand.

Photobombing is usually defined as jumping uninvited and unexpected into someone else’s photo. Since Abbas’ very presence as leader of the PLO at the anti-terror event was a prearranged case of photobombing, the word takes on a different meaning here. Aussie Dave presented Abbas in different scenarios, accentuating how creepy his smile really was.

The photos can be seen here