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2/6 Haha, Iranian newspaper planning to print holocaust cartoons:
http://csua.org/u/ex1
\_ Shrug. Government run Arab newspapers print the most racist, ugly,
and horrible 'cartoons' about Jews and Israel everyday. This is
hardly news. It's an Iranian PR stunt. Frankly, I really hope
*all* the Western newspapers and other visual media show their
cartoons. It'll be quite the eye opener for a lot of people instead
of the main stream media white wash we've always had.
\_ That's why it's funny.
\_ This will show two things to the world:
1) what islamic nutcases consider "equivalent" to some pretty tame
depictions of mohammed
2) that when you truly, deeply insult jews... they don't riot,
burn your embassies, and threaten to kill you. (ok, well, they
kill you if you fire rockets or assassinate their olympic
athletes, but that's different)
\_ on the other hand, if you truly, deeply insult black people ...
(Rodney King, LAPD, etc.)
\_ People just love to take things out of context: I heard the full
text of the edict on pictures of the prophet on NPR.
The whole quote states that they should not be drawn for idolatry
purposes only. No where does it forbid other reasons. But as they say,
a basic requirement for being in a democracy is to be able to
purposes only. No where does it forbid other reasons. But as they
say, a basic requirement for being in a democracy is to be able to
withstand being offended. That is one of the pillars of free speech.
\_ If what you just gave is the context, how is it in any way
interesting or important?
say, a basic requirement for being in a democracy is to be able
to withstand being offended. That is one of the pillars of free
speech. |
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| csua.org/u/ex1 -> www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18066746-1702,00.html?from=rss News Home | Story Iran to publish Holocaust cartoons From: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Tehran February 07, 2006 IRAN'S largest selling newspaper announced today it was holding a contest on cartoons of the Holocaust in response to the publishing in European papers of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. "It will be an international cartoon contest about the Holocaust," said Farid Mortazavi, the graphics editor for Hamshahri newspaper - which is published by Teheran's conservative municipality. He said the plan was to turn the tables on the assertion that newspapers can print offensive material in the name of freedom of expression. "The Western papers printed these sacrilegious cartoons on the pretext of freedom of expression, so let's see if they mean what they say and also print these Holocaust cartoons," he said. Iran's fiercely anti-Israeli regime is supportive of so-called Holocaust revisionist historians, who maintain the systematic slaughter by the Nazis of mainland Europe's Jews as well as other groups during World War II has been either invented or exaggerated. Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted international anger when he dismissed the systematic slaughter by the Nazis of mainland Europe's Jews as a "myth" used to justify the creation of Israel. Mr Mortazavi said tomorrow's edition of the paper will invite cartoonists to enter the competition, with "private individuals" offering gold coins to the best 12 artists - the same number of cartoons that appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. Last week, the Iranian foreign ministry also invited British Prime Minister Tony Blair to Teheran to take part in a planned conference on the Holocaust, even though the idea has been branded by Mr Blair as "shocking, ridiculous, stupid". Mr Blair also said Mr Ahmadinejad "should come and see the evidence of the Holocaust himself in the countries of Europe", to which Iran responded by saying it was willing to send a team of "independent investigators". |