And in other news, Kofi and the UN still ball-less

[Devastatin Dave]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060903/D8JT3DN00.html

"Questions" the Iranian exibit? Boy, Kofi really should get some breast implants since he already resembles a vagina...

[Xiahou]

The cartoons were submitted after the exhibit's co-sponsor, the Hamshahri newspaper, said it wanted to test the West's tolerance for drawings about the Nazi killing of 6 million Jews in World War II. The entries on display came from nations including United States, Indonesia and Turkey.

And has their been even a fraction of the outrage over these cartoons? No, I think not. Do you think Hamshahri will admit that the "West" is more tolerant of free speech now?

[Ironside]

Didn't we already conclude that the Israelis won that contest, even before it started, thanks to thier own counter-competition?

[doc_bean]

Meh our paper had a much better picture: Annan looking angrily at the Iraqi pres and him smiling rather sheepsihly. It was also subtitled :Annan tells whateverhisnameis that he can't deny the holocaust.

Subjective reporting much ?

on both sides people....

[Fragony]

The UN is only dangerous because peacedoves can be sucked into jet-engines. Let's threaten them with politily asking again, that will teach those beardnecks.

[lancelot]

I do love Iran sometimes....

'How dare you make distasteful cartoons and insult our delicate sensibilities....how should we respond?...I know...in the most typically childish way possible- by holding our own distasteful cartoon competition!!....ha ha ha...that will teach them...havent we taken the moral high ground.

[Ironside]

I do love Iran sometimes....

'How dare you make distasteful cartoons and insult our delicate sensibilities....how should we respond?...I know...in the most typically childish way possible- by holding our own distasteful cartoon competition!!....ha ha ha...that will teach them...havent we taken the moral high ground.

It's actually even "better", they have thier own contest to mock a group (the Jews) completly irrelevant to the original matter (Danish cartoon contest).

[Scurvy]

the UN is a great idea as long as all the countries cooperate, sadly almost all countries dont

to be fair to Iranian newspaper, they see their cartoons as justified due to the danish ones, although it does seem a bit much

its not necesserilly the consensus in Iran, just the individual paper....

[Reenk Roink]

Just retarded sorry to say...

[Crazed Rabbit]

-Danish private newspaper publishes some cartoons making fun of Mohammed
-Some radical imans travel the middle east provoking outrage over the incident
-Muslims protest in many countries
-British police arrest peaceful counter-protestors to Muslims holding signs threatening violence, who are left unbothered
-Piglet lynched in effigy
-Iranians take the classy route and hold their own 'who can most emulate old Nazi propaganda' contest targeting the Jews


-UN threatens another round of polite asking, with the dire warning of 'or else' if the Iranians don't comply.
-The EU says this is much too harsh, and we should give the Iranians another two weeks to ignore us without any consequences
-People wonder why we made a deadline in the first place

Oh well.

Crazed Rabbit

[lancelot]

-The EU says this is much too harsh, and we should give the Iranians another two weeks to ignore us without any consequences
-People wonder why we made a deadline in the first place

Oh well.

Wonder indeed!

Two weeks after the two weeks have passed-

-EU send bunch of flowers to apologise, even though they are not really sure what they are apologising for...

[Papewaio]

- Iranian delegate receives flowers and a free umbrella. After noting the pink spiky flowers of the castor bean he gets the obscure hint and apologises.

[Vladimir]

- Iranian delegate receives flowers and a free umbrella. After noting the pink spiky flowers of the castor bean he gets the obscure hint and apologises.

Nice. The perfect gift for that really special person.

[Navaros]

And has their been even a fraction of the outrage over these cartoons? No, I think not. Do you think Hamshahri will admit that the "West" is more tolerant of free speech now?

I think the outrage & Western hypocrisy will be a'coming. Give the story some time to pick up steam.

One cartoon by Indonesian Tony Thomdean shows the Statue of Liberty holding a book on the Holocaust in its left hand and giving a Nazi-style salute with the other.

That actually sounds like an extremely poignant cartoon and one which is not even degrading to Jews.