Iran daily holds contest for Holocaust cartoons
Tue Feb 7, 2006 7:20 AM ET
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's best-selling newspaper has launched a competition to find the best cartoon about the Holocaust in retaliation for the publication in many European countries of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.
Way to go guys!!!! You sure showed those Danes!!!! That's right, you go girl! You show Europe what its all about. I can't believe you're ahead in the ultimate game of "Na-na na-na poo poo." I think I can actually see your thumbs to your noses as you wiggle your fingers and stick out your tongues.
What's the matter? Hurling petrol bombs at the Danish embassy not enough? Attacking the Austrian embassy not enough? Boycotting Danish goods not enough? Setting up a "scientific congress" to research whether the Holocaust actually took place not enough? Being questioned and investigated for your "peaceful" nuclear program not enough?
I don't think anyone here has forgotten that HILARIOUS practical joke you guys pulled in that whole Iran Hostage Crisis gag at the American Embassy in Tehran. Wow, your political stratagem, so smart, so svelte, so proactive. It's really working guys. Don't listen to those naysayers, YOU don't need an image consultant. You, Iran, know what you're doing..
You guys are on a winning streak with the world. I'm impressed. Really. It's hard making an entire nation of people deserve a Darwin Award. But somehow, you YOU managed.
Hey, why don't I help you guys, I have some pretty good ideas for Holocaust cartoons....oh, but you know what, I think some of your buddies have already cornered that market....here, here, here, here and definitely here.
But I'm sure you'll prevail. The Iranians have always been known for their keen sense of humor and sharp intellect. Oh yeah, did you hear the one where six million Jews were killed in ovens and gas chambers in the 1940's by the Nazi army? Hahahahahahaaaaaaa!!!! Wow, that was a good one.
7 comments:
I couldn't believe this!
Frankly, it's probably better for them to do this than burning down buildings. But exactly what is this in reaction to? How does this get back at the Danes?
Idiots.
Making cartoons about the Nazi Regime is just so tasteless. You know, listen to this idea. What if we put on a Broadway show about Nazis -- it will surely close in one night, and we'll take everyone's money!
Maybe the Iranian will hire Mel Brooks to help them with their cartoons?
Seriously. The Iranians need a good Pat Oliphant or a Berkely Breathed.
I identify myself as a leftist; as far as I'm concerned, the Democratic Party is, with the exception of a few individuals, basically GOP Lite.
But there's something about this whole cartoon thing, more than any other incident since 9/11, that makes me worried that there will never be a genuine dialogue between 'jihad' and 'McWorld,' at least not until a lot more bad things happen. Damn, damn, damn...
Jesus said Turn the Other Cheek and Love Your Enemies.
Buddist are about the same.
Not sure about Muslims and Jews can someone help me out
Danish paper rejected Jesus cartoons
Gwladys Fouché
Monday February 6, 2006
Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that first published the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad that have caused a storm of protest throughout the Islamic world, refused to run drawings lampooning Jesus Christ, it has emerged today.
The Danish daily turned down the cartoons of Christ three years ago, on the grounds that they could be offensive to readers and were not funny.
In April 2003, Danish illustrator Christoffer Zieler submitted a series of unsolicited cartoons dealing with the resurrection of Christ to Jyllands-Posten.
Zieler received an email back from the paper's Sunday editor, Jens Kaiser, which said: "I don't think Jyllands-Posten's readers will enjoy the drawings. As a matter of fact, I think that they will provoke an outcry. Therefore, I will not use them."
The illustrator said: "I see the cartoons as an innocent joke, of the type that my Christian grandfather would enjoy."
AND SO IT GOES
About those ROUSes? They aren't the big danger in the Fire Swamp. Perhaps it's Muslims who pitch a fit over cartoons but support the blasting of invaluable staues of Buddha in Afghanistan.
looking forward to your take on valentines day ;)
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