Danish paper to publish Iran's Holocaust cartoons

[Goofball]

http://www.canada.com/victoriatimesc...627073&k=17035

The plot thickens even more. Apparently this is meant as a test to see whether the west is as tolerant as respectful of free speech as we say we are.

Seems like apples to oranges to me (joking about an event that involved the torture, starvation and murder of millions of people vs. portraying a religious figure in a funny hat), and I would suggest that the only appropriate response would be for those of us who are offended by Holocaust jokes to stop buying this particular newspaper, as muslims the world over were free to do when it published the cartoon that so offended them.

[Watchman]

head hurts.
too childish.


Tit for tat huh ? This is getting just stupid.

[Papewaio]

The only people winning are the ultra-nationalists in the West and their equivalent in the Middle East.

[Watchman]

They ought to start burning mosques any day now.
Well, unless the local authorities have of course been using their heads and placed those under guard just in case. Back when I visited Rome there was a Carabiniere with an SMG and armour vest standing at every corner of one synagogue I saw, so...

[GoreBag]

"I think it is like asking a rape victim if she regrets wearing a short skirt at a discotheque Friday night."

Awesome.

Ah, well, we'll see how this turns out. I expect Germany to be pissed.

[Leet Eriksson]

How about insulting moses too?

I mean its just getting silly on both sides now.

[Slyspy]

They ought to start burning mosques any day now.
Well, unless the local authorities have of course been using their heads and placed those under guard just in case. Back when I visited Rome there was a Carabiniere with an SMG and armour vest standing at every corner of one synagogue I saw, so...

This is standard proceedure in Italy, but not to protect synagogues. Italian police are trained to stand on street corners fondling SMGs while flirting with passing females. In Italy a uniform is something to look good in!

[Adrian II]

Seems like apples to oranges to me (joking about an event that involved the torture, starvation and murder of millions of people vs. portraying a religious figure in a funny hat), and I would suggest that the only appropriate response would be for those of us who are offended by Holocaust jokes to stop buying this particular newspaper, as muslims the world over were free to do when it published the cartoon that so offended them.

Oh, but I certainly want to see those Iranian cartoons. And I will make sure I do, even though it will probably involve paying in some way towards the rights of the makers and publishers. One needs to stay posted in my business.

And before we judge, let us see exactly how this plays out. Making fun of the victims of the Holocaust is something entirely different from, let us say, making fun of people who abuse the Holocaust for personal or political purposes, a.k.a. the 'Holocaust industry'. Jewish audiences sometimes protest the latter in the most vehement manner and on the same purely emotional and irrational grounds that we see on display in the Arab streets today, but we don't give in to them, nor should we.

I also wonder how many of the Iranian cartoons will be merely anti-Semitic, depicting Jews as some inferior race instead of addressing the topic, i.e. the Holocaust.

And finally I am willing to bet that no matter how the Iranian cartoons are going to turn out, the debate about them will be in terms of hurt feelings. Not a rational argument about what constitutes a lie, slander or opinion, but yet another whining contest in the worst post-modern fashion.

Oh, I am so huuurt!...

[rory_20_uk]

Well, the Man From Iran said it best "comparing the Nazi Genocide to a disrespectful cartoon".

What about free "Life Of Brian" DVDs to every reader? Or a satirical version of the Lord's Prayer - something to do with religion!!!

I hope we can have a good giggle over the Iranians' who walked over the Iraqi minefields in their war. I think that was just as funny as as genocide.

[Dâriûsh]

Before we all get too excited: the Danish newspaper will not post the Hamshahri pictures.

[Sjakihata]

Correct, it was a misunderstanding that the Chief Editor Carsten Juste demented several times. It is NOT going to happen.

[A.Saturnus]

I say publish them. At least if they're funny. A caricature doesn't incite violence.

[lars573]

http://www.canada.com/victoriatimesc...627073&k=17035

The plot thickens even more. Apparently this is meant as a test to see whether the west is as tolerant as respectful of free speech as we say we are.

Seems like apples to oranges to me (joking about an event that involved the torture, starvation and murder of millions of people vs. portraying a religious figure in a funny hat), and I would suggest that the only appropriate response would be for those of us who are offended by Holocaust jokes to stop buying this particular newspaper, as muslims the world over were free to do when it published the cartoon that so offended them.

The Globe IIRC published antisemetic cartoons from Arab news papers last week. No flab about it here.

[lars573]

http://www.canada.com/victoriatimesc...627073&k=17035

The plot thickens even more. Apparently this is meant as a test to see whether the west is as tolerant as respectful of free speech as we say we are.

Seems like apples to oranges to me (joking about an event that involved the torture, starvation and murder of millions of people vs. portraying a religious figure in a funny hat), and I would suggest that the only appropriate response would be for those of us who are offended by Holocaust jokes to stop buying this particular newspaper, as muslims the world over were free to do when it published the cartoon that so offended them.

The Globe IIRC published antisemetic cartoons from Arab news papers last week. No flab about it here.