April 2, 2003 5:41 AM

I suppose laughing beats the alternative

Saddam an '80s rocker?

Well, at least we haven't lost our since of humor since war broke out.

LONDON (Reuters) - Has the "real" Saddam Hussein escaped detection by growing a bleached, 1980s rocker hair style? Does the United States have a missile called the Hut Crusher? Are George W. Bush and Tony Blair a future singing duo?

The answers -- nudge, nudge, wink, wink -- can be found on the Web and in email in-boxes, specks in a sandstorm of satire and humour swirling around the Iraq conflict.

One popular email gag pokes fun at Bush and Blair.

It is a video montage of the two leaders edited to appear as if they're singing the romantic ballad "Endless Love", lampooning a relationship whose cosiness has baffled some observers.

Offbeat, screwball and biting material is in ample supply on the Web, providing war commentary few late-night talkshow hosts would dare touch, suggesting the Internet is satire's new home.

"There's a demand from the public for somebody to be disrespectful. But that's not registered by the established media," said Richard Ingrams, a founding member of UK satire magazines "Private Eye" and "The Oldie".

"The Internet is totally anarchic. And satire is totally anarchic."

Kind of like war, really....

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